01 · Site
Read the land first
Before a line is drawn we walk the property at different hours. Ocean bearing, canyon wind, setbacks, the slope and the neighbours’ views all shape where the house sits and how it opens.
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Architecture
drawn from the land.
Custom residences, additions and pavilions for the coast and canyons of San Diego, each one shaped by its site before it is shaped by style.
Our approach
A house should look as if it could only belong to its piece of land: turned to the light, opened to the view, and quiet enough that the landscape does the talking.
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- Principal designer leads every commission
- 3D
- Every scheme modelled and rendered before drawings
- 100%
- Architecture and landscape designed together
From line to light
The drawing becomes the home.
The drawingThe home
Four principles
How a Moodhaus house is made.
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02 · Light
Shape the light
Deep overhangs for the summer sun, clerestories for winter, and west glass that is screened rather than shaded. Rooms are planned around when you use them and where the light is then.
03 · Material
Honest, lasting materials
Board-formed concrete, limestone, white oak and bronze that weather well in salt air. Fewer materials, used with care, so the house feels calm and ages gracefully.
04 · Living
Inside and out, one room
Pocketing glass, shaded loggias and courtyards blur the line to the garden, so the terrace becomes a living room for most of the San Diego year.
The drawing set
Drawn by hand, tested in models.
Built to belong
Low, long and quiet. The best compliment a house can get is that it looks like it was always there.
Scope
From feasibility to the final inspection.
- 01Site and feasibility studies
- 02Schematic design and massing
- 03Design development
- 04Dimensioned drawing set
- 05Material and finish schedules
- 06Builder hand-off package
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Landscape
a garden for the coast.
Limited commissions each year
Let’s design
what comes next.
Begin with a private consultation, on your site or in the studio. We’ll walk the land, listen, and show you what’s possible.