Project Update: Malibu Modern Ranch – Here comes the sun…

At the beginning of every project, we create a workplan and set our design goals (#aggressiverealists).  When applying for a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) in Malibu, we know that the project timeline will take at LEAST 9 months and more likely a whole year.  Sometimes, its difficult to explain to our Clients why the process…

Project Spotlight: Dark Horse Ranch PREVIEW

Check out these interior snapshots from one of our recently completed projects: DARK HORSE RANCH Look at those ceilings! #centennialwoods Follow me down the polished concrete path. Powder Puff Deserted Island. Lets get cooking! Because rolling towels looks better… #resortfeel #truth Make-up me Pretty. View of the Trees Rub-a-Dub-Dub Stay tuned form more photos of…

Architect vs Doctor vs Serial Killer vs 6 Year Old

Most of us receive handwritten notes everyday, or write them ourselves; a doctor note for a prescription you need, a nice holiday card from your small relative or a personal murder note from a serial killer.. okay hopefully not the last one. Our writing can tell many things about our selves and has it’s own…

Hayne at Sea

Architectural Record‘s recent article “The Sea Ranch at 50” by Cathleen McGuigan looked at the forward thinking 1960’s architectural “utopia” and prompted us to dig through our archives… One of the very first projects for Hayne Architects was a house at Sea Ranch.  Although built a couple of decades later in the 1980’s, the house embraces the principles…

Hollywood Hills: Here Comes the Sun

After studying the visual impacts the new second story addition would have on the neighborhood (see Hollywood Hills: Visual Impacts) with the installation of story poles, the impact of light and shadow came into question.  Would the new second story affect the natural sunlight in the surrounding homes and yards?  If so, when and how…