Project Name: Canal House
Architect: Sander Architects
Architect homepage: www.sander-architects.com
Client: Architect’s own residence
Project Type: Single Family Residence
Design Team: Whitney Sander, Principal Architect
Contractor/s: Ruiz Brothers Construction
Date of commencement of project: 2002
Date of completion of project: 2003
Location of site: Venice, California, USA
Site Area: 2520 sq. ft.
Built-up Area: 2200 sq. ft.
Cost of Construction/Execution: $400000
According to the architect, This Contemporary Canal [...]

The sale House, Designed for a typical residential lot in Venice, California, engages a historic building, Morphosis’ 2-4-6-8 Studio, existing on the property, to produce a new variation of residential courtyard architecture. Maximizing the use of a small lot, transparent walls and windows together with an interiorized courtyard turn the typical single-family house inside out, [...]