Adamson Drive

This unique modern home was designed for a family accustomed to a small house in San Francisco. Their new house sits atop a hill in California’s Gold-country, so the construction materials were selected to reflect old mining structures found throughout the region. The underlying Masonic ‘ad quadratum’ geometry of interlocking squares reflects the relationship of the known to the unknowable. This geometry lends strength and proportion to the building in both plan and section.

Floor-to-ceiling windows on the southwest side offer inspiring views of the Sierra foothills and the Sacramento Valley. Four large interior wood columns branch out at the top, giving the impression of a canopy of trees supporting the roof above. Light pours in from all sides via clerestory windows and a central, pyramidal skylight 8 feet wide.

Architecture: Marc Lindsell, 2M Architecture

Interiors: Mark Tetrault, 2M Architecture

Structural & Civil: Geddings Engineering

Geotechnical: Holdrege & Kull

Surveyor: California Survey Company

Lighting: Alice Prussin Lighting Design