30 DIGS.NET
| 6.3.2022
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P R O F I L E | B U T T R I C K P R O J E C T S A R C H I T E C T U R E + D E S I G N
FTER LIVING FOR two decades in a relatively small house
in Palo Alto, California — where they raised their four
now grown-up children — the owners of this home
jumped at the chance to expand their property by
purchasing the adjacent lot. The program for this
new project, which consisted of building a structure
to show off an art collection, immediately convinced the team
of Buttrick Projects Architecture+Design to come on board.
"Then it turned out the owners were interested in modernism and
simplicity," remembers Jerome Buttrick, the firm's managing
principal. "They could not be more remarkable patrons of archi-
tecture as they supported and exhorted us all the way through
to do our best work, demonstrating unreasonable amounts of
patience with the process."
The whole residential project involved the construction of three
structures to provide more spaces inside, create a private
courtyard for the existing home and design a new aptly named
Art House to highlight artworks and welcome guests. "[This is]
sort of a gallery, where the owners do pop-ups, entertain and
have gatherings for causes they believe in," describes Buttrick.
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