Zinfandel Road

Architectural project in St. Helena, California

The architecture answers most of the design and green building qualities with two simple moves, relationships and adjacencies; enclosing space without creating a barricade to the outside. When a building is sited right in the middle of a vineyard, the vineyard should be embraced. However, there is a fine line between embracing a field of grapes as opposed to being drowned by them and we have accomplished that by elevating the building slightly and creating a dual axis orientation within a symmetrical approach. Using that ideal, every room in the house has at least one or more spectacular views of the vineyard and the surrounding countryside.

Project Type:
Modern

Benefits:
Inclusion of Green Architecture
Site orientation
Earthen berms

Local Building Materials:
Rammed Earth (quarried)
Windows- Fleetwood Windows
Artisan concrete tile and countertops

Energy Efficiency:
Solar panels- Solarcraft
Radiant Heating
Membrane “Cool Roof”

Sustainable Materials:
Engineered Lumber
Recycled all jobsite waste

General Contractor:
Grassi Construction

Structural Engineer:
David Kallmeyer

Surveyor:
Albion Surveys, Inc.

Civil Engineer:
Delta Consulting & Engineering

Landscape Architect:
Steven R. Arns

Rammed Earth:
Rammed Earth Works

Decorator:
Nicole Hollis