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Manuella Modular Contemporary

Manuella Modular Contemporary

Los Altos Hills, CA

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Los Altos Hills, CA

Manuella Modular Contemporary

This striking modern home was designed and constructed with a combination of modular and on-site methods.
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Interior

To save time while providing a distinctive modern home for our client, the S-Squared team worked closely with a high-end contemporary modular builder to fine-tune our designs to work within the factory’s capabilities. 

Due to the home’s unique angular geometries and high ceilings, about 35% of the structure was built on-site using traditional means and methods. Utilizing prefab units for the rest of the home saved several months of construction time. 

Our clients were thrilled with their impeccably designed 5-bedroom, 5-bath home that was efficiently built using the best of both prefab and site-built design.

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Holden Craftsman

Holden Craftsman

San Jose, CA

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San Jose, CA

Holden Craftsman

A stunning new Craftsman home with refined interiors, abundant natural light, and several show-stopping features.
Architecture
Interior

This new two-story Craftsman home features a two-car garage and porch-style front patio with tapered columns and stone base. 

The home has an abundance of natural light throughout the day thanks to its copious glazing. At the kitchen nook, windows wrap around three sides, allowing great views into the south-facing backyard.

From wooden floors and stained ceiling beams to carefully detailed wall paneling and coffered ceilings, the refined interior of the home features a high level of attention to detail. 

This home has many highly memorable elements, including a grand fireplace in the double-height living room and a gracious staircase leading up to a loft study. 

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Franklin Contemporary

Franklin Contemporary

Mountain View, CA

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Mountain View, CA

Franklin Contemporary

This three-level contemporary home features striking rooflines, vaulted ceilings, and a wall of glass looking out to the private backyard.
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Interior
Landscape

Located on a small but prominent corner lot just steps away from Mountain View City Hall, this striking 3-level contemporary home is an exciting addition to the downtown streetscape.

The exterior features dramatic rooflines contrasted with a mix of floor-to-ceiling aluminum windows, smooth white stucco, and western red cedar. Window placement responds to the many existing mature trees on the site.

The residence is split amongst three levels connected by a central stair and elevator, with living and exercise rooms on the ground floor, his/her offices on the upper level sharing a balcony, and family bedrooms in the lower level.

The primary living area features a vaulted ceiling, with a tall wall of glass offering transparency to the private rear yard.

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California Asian Prairie

California Asian Prairie

Mountain View, CA

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Mountain View, CA

California Asian Prairie

This distinctive home highlights S-Squared's commitment to holistic design with integrated architecture, interiors, and furniture design.
Architecture
Interior

As we worked with our clients to realize their vision for a contemporary new home in Mountain View, we integrated architecture, interiors, furniture, and décor at every step of the process. The end result is a unity of exterior and interior form that is pleasing not only to the eye, but to all of the other senses as well.

Lightly-finished cedar warms the palette, marks the passage of time through natural weathering, and even offers a light aroma of incense. Organic materials used throughout the home are comforting to the touch and pleasing to the eye, and custom furniture design ensures that every element in the home looks and feels like it belongs. 

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Newell Contemporary Ranch

Newell Contemporary Ranch

Palo Alto, CA

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Palo Alto, CA

Newell Contemporary Ranch

This home on a corner lot features a flexible open floor plan that's perfect for entertaining friends and family.
Interior

Having purchased a corner lot in the family-friendly Leland Manor neighborhood of Palo Alto, our young clients came to us seeking a home that would blend into the neighborhood while accommodating their growing family and needs as an active working couple.  

The home is designed for both working from home and hosting friends and family. The bright, open floor plan provides a seamless indoor-outdoor flow, with gathering spaces large and small for flexibility in entertaining depending on crowd size and weather.

S-Squared provided complete architecture and interior design services for our happy clients, including the specification of furniture and decor.

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Irving Colonial

Irving Colonial

Atherton, CA

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Atherton, CA

Irving Colonial

This family-friendly home provides a modern take on a traditional style and plenty of room for entertaining.
Architecture
Interior

Our clients requested a single-level, family-friendly design with great light, high ceilings, and easy indoor-outdoor flow. 

The client's request for a traditional style resulted in a carefully balanced yet informal design, where the stateliness of Colonial style columns is offset by playful asymmetry.

In our design, the relative formality of the front gives way to a looser composition at the rear, where large expanses of folding glass doors and windows bring the outside in at the great room, games room, and master suite. A generous outdoor covered patio features a fireplace and comfortable seating for as many as 20 guests.

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Crestview Contemporary

Crestview Contemporary

San Jose, CA

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San Jose, CA

Crestview Contemporary

This contemporary home features a distinctive great room with a dramatic ceiling and frameless clerestory windows.
Architecture
Interior

Set amongst its neighbors of mostly one story 1950's ranch homes, this contemporary single-story design blends into its context with its modest scale and understated front elevation. A skylit foyer leads past two bedrooms and into a spectacular great room with an inverted barrel vaulted ceiling and four-sided clerestory windows of frameless glass.

The arc of the ceiling creates a unique lens-shaped form that rests delicately on slender steel posts, drawing the eye over the boundaries of the property to views of the sky and trees. Integrated roller shades provide sun and glare control when needed.

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Yerba Buena Contemporary Ranch

Yerba Buena Contemporary Ranch

Los Altos, CA

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Los Altos, CA

Yerba Buena Contemporary Ranch

Built on an odd-shaped lot, this modern home features two wings that wrap around a front entry courtyard.
Architecture
Interior
Landscape

We love the challenge of odd-shaped lots, as they are often the driver of interesting forms and spaces. For this cul-de-sac lot in Los Altos with five angled property lines, we created an innovative design with two wings wrapping around a front entry courtyard.

The larger wing contains the garage and a light-filled main living area with high ceilings and a covered rear patio. The second wing features a master suite and four additional bedrooms. The home also has a south facing, triangular below-grade rear patio to bring light and air to the partial basement.

Generous living areas allow the home to function equally well as a hub for social gathering as well as private family life.

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Courtyard Contemporary

Courtyard Contemporary

Campbell, CA

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Campbell, CA

Courtyard Contemporary

One of our firm’s all-time favorite designs, this contemporary home is built around a central courtyard and custom water feature.
Architecture
Interior
Landscape

Our clients came to us with their vision of a light-filled two-story home that would balance requirements for living, working, and entertaining while reflecting their love of contemporary design.

Our response was to create walls of glass opening onto two outdoor spaces: a private rear yard and a contemplative central courtyard designed around a distinctive water feature. 

The home's front facade represents an abstracted yin-yang motif that repeats in the courtyard. A meandering pathway directs visitors to the front door, which opens onto the view of the interior light court.

Two other slot courtyards bring light, air, and greenery further into the house, with layers of glass dissolving the boundaries between interior and exterior space.

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Arbor Craftsman

Arbor Craftsman

Los Altos, CA

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Los Altos, CA

Arbor Craftsman

This commanding Craftsman home mixes formal and rustic elements with elegant millwork and other custom details.
Architecture
Interior

Set on an upsloping corner lot in Los Altos, California about 10 feet above street level, this three-level grand Craftsman has a commanding presence. 

The exterior palette features durable and attractive cement fiber shingle siding, natural stone accents, and both natural and painted wooden trim elements. The house also presents an extensive set of windows, drawing in an abundance of natural light and allowing outward views to the wooded site. 

The interior design mixes both formal and rustic elements together per the client’s request. Elegant millwork complements more textural elements, such as stain-grade headers and a rough stone fireplace. 

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Lucero Modern Farmhouse

Lucero Modern Farmhouse

Portola Valley, CA

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Portola Valley, CA

Lucero Modern Farmhouse

This contemporary take on the farmhouse style features a 1½ story great room and expansive overhangs that shelter outdoor activity areas.
Architecture
Interior

Overlooking the bucolic rolling foothills of Stanford University's pasture land in Portola Valley, California, this project afforded a unique design opportunity in terms of views and architectural character.

The relatively demure front facade fits in well with the traditional mid-century neighborhood. 

The rear facade shows no such restraint, organizing about a 1.5 story great room and kitchen whose 15-foot tall windows and reverse shed roof capture the verdant greenery beyond the rear fenceline. 

Expansive overhangs shelter outdoor activity areas while reducing heat gain on the glazing line.

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West Dana Craftsman

West Dana Craftsman

Mountain View, CA

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Mountain View, CA

West Dana Craftsman

Architecture
Interior

This contemporary take on classic Craftsman style features intricate millwork, playful tile and wall colors, and distinctive light fixtures.

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Longmeadow Contemporary Ranch

Longmeadow Contemporary Ranch

Los Gatos, CA

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Los Gatos, CA

Longmeadow Contemporary Ranch

Interior

This tasteful whole-house renovation opened up the floorplan to align with our clients’ indoor-outdoor lifestyle.