Glen Ellen Aerie by Aidlin Darling Design

Location: Glen Ellen, California, United States Year: 2015 Award 2018 AIASF Design Awards Architects: Aidlin Darling Design Landscape Design-builder: Dexter Estate Landscapes Photography: © Matthew Millman Two modest volumes, benched gently into the hillside, open to a floating glass bar just as the ground drops away. This perch at the edge of a pine forest allows for a layered…

Shear House by Aidlin Darling Design

Architects: Aidlin Darling Design Architectural Metals: Chris French Metal, Inc Photography: © Matthew Millman & Adam Rouse   Analogous to a well considered garment, the design for this house rigorously pursued aesthetic, structural, and performative considerations; like clothing, it modulates exposure of the body to the environment around it. Situated on a hillside, this adaptive remodel demanded privacy while…