Tour a Stunning Modern Home and Outdoor Space

Joseph Eichler was a California real estate developer who created a prototype with architects for residential homes in the early Fifties that incorporated modernist architecture with a “bring the outside inside” concept. The Eichler home favored wall-to-ceiling windows with glass transoms in all the major rooms with direct access to private garden patios and courtyards. This remodeled single-family home by Klopf Architecture takes an original Eichler home and updates it with a truly “open” design. Architect: Arterra; Builder: Flegels; photo by Mariko Reed.

This is the front of the Eichler home before the renovation. As you can see, the challenge for the architects is to preserve the classic elements of the original design while giving it a modern twist and integrating a more organic indoor-outdoor convergence. 

A typical kitchen layout in the modernist mid-century design of an Eichler home. This space will be incorporated into the living room and a new kitchen will be created in the far left corner of the home with open access to the courtyard and living room.

Situated at the front of the house in the left corner (if you are viewing the house from the street) is this room which will become the new kitchen. Open access to the courtyard will replace the wall on the right.