Balanced on a hillside, rooted in the ground, Lorcan O'Herlihy's Lexton MacCarthy home opens to the sky

摘要

There are approximately 80 steps from the street to the home/office of Lauren Lexton and Kevin MacCarthy. Though a tough climb, the payoff is a spectacular view and the thrill of being perched on a precipitous slope. The site is not unusual in this Silverlake neighborhood, an area of Los Angeles with a history of adventurous architecture on atypical sites. Here, houses by R.M. Schindler and Richard Neutra, among other midcentury trailblazers, dot the steep hillsides, inspiring generations of architects and their daring clients to create something more interesting than the traditional saltboxes in the flatlands.