Oak Woodland is a modern wooden residence located in San Francisco Bay Area, designed by Walker Warner.

Description
Located in a magnificent, park-like setting filled with mature, 80-foot-tall oak trees, this residence meets the clients? desire for a family home that is casual, stylish, functional, and adaptable. Flexible indoor and outdoor spaces allow for the use and enjoyment of the site in its entirety, both house and grounds.
Accessed via a long drive, the property had developed piecemeal over the years, resulting in an experience that was anything but peaceful. By completely reworking the site and blending the clients? traditional and modern tastes, the design team created an evocative new home that?s nestled into the woods. Utilizing clean lines and a pared-down palette of cedar, metal, and concrete, the two-story residence borders an open space preserve. The home?s transparency and relationship to the land reflects the site?s expansiveness, which is evident upon arrival at the formal entry where guests can immediately experience the natural setting through seamless indoor-outdoor connections. The home?s rooflines are stretched to protect the interiors from hot summers, while responding to forms prominent in the California rural landscape which served as design inspiration for the home. Inside, the team created zones where family activities can happen in a communal way. ?The home was organized into public and private zones,? notes...