Hermosa Beach House
“Upside-Down House” best describes this award-winning California Coastal 3-bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home because the communal indoor spaces and primary landscape spaces are on the top floor instead of the ground floor. This unconventional home is built on a tiny 30’-0” x 50’-0” lot, entered off an alley way where no gardens or yards are possible. The house is crowned with a garden roof deck with ocean views, a private outdoor space, and an edible garden. Inside, a floating metal & wood stair rises beside a huge east-facing window and also acts as a natural ventilation chimney to keep the house cool. Colorful tile walls greet visitors and are reminiscent of colorful beach towels and bathing suits hung over fences to dry seen all everywhere in the beach community all year.