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Paso Robles House in San Luis Obispo County, California
Jan 27, 2020
Paso Robles House
Architects: Dick Clark + Associates
Location: Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA

For an active, entertaining, modern blended family, Dick Clark + Associates set out to reimagine the classic farmhouse concept by combining traditional architectural forms with a contemporary open floor plan. The entertaining and family spaces, the heart of the Paso Robles House project, are located in the double height ?barn? volumes, which dissipate at their base to seep out into a central communal courtyard and existing pool. Indoors is outdoors and outdoors is indoors.
Set in the rolling hills of the Paso Robles wine region, the farmhouse grows from the roots of a multi-generational family farm and vineyard. To root the home in the landscape, we chose agrarian materials native to California ? the ?barns? clad in western red cedar and corrugated CorTen roofing nod to the vernacular buildings found elsewhere on the property. These volumes are knit together with blocks of secondary program clad in charred wood siding inspired by an old grain mill in nearby Templeton, CA. And lastly, the modern white stucco of the cantilevered structures harkens back to the regions mission architecture.

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