Architectural Marvels: Exploring the Award-Winning Modern Mid Century Home Overlooking Pescadero

Nestled on a hillside with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the lush huertas of Pescadero, this modern Mid Century home stands as a unique architectural achievement. Awarded for its innovative design, the house cascades down the slope in harmony with the natural landscape, creating a seamless connection between indoor and outdoor spaces. This post explores the features that make this home a standout example of modern architecture and why it captures the imagination of design enthusiasts and nature lovers alike.

The Setting: A Prestigious Location Above Gavilan

The home is located in the prestigious area known as Gavilan, a place prized for its natural beauty and tranquility. From this vantage point, the sweeping views stretch across the Pacific Ocean, offering a constantly changing panorama of light and color. Below, the huertas of Pescadero—fertile orchards and gardens—add a patchwork of green that contrasts beautifully with the blue ocean beyond.

This setting is more than just a backdrop. It shapes the design of the house, influencing everything from the placement of windows to the flow of outdoor terraces. The hillside location posed challenges that the architects turned into opportunities, creating a home that feels both grounded and expansive.

The home embraces the core principles of Mid Century modern architecture, which emphasizes simplicity, integration with nature, and functional living spaces.

This 5 bedroom estate home boasts a separate main home housing the primary bedroom with ensuite. All doors are fully retractable into the walls. Every room has outstanding views to the Pacific and the huertas plus Sierra de La Laguna mountains. The kitchen boasts top of the line Viking appliances, two dishwashers, custom Parota cabinetry, walk-in pantry, pasta filler, and handmade custom tile from Guadalajara. The glass also has full shade protection hurricane protection film. There is a wood burning fireplace, built in wet bar, half bath, and laundry. From the primary residence, three steps down to an incredible outdoor living space that houses a heated(solar powered heat pump for pool), Pebbletec pool, a full outdoor kitchen, full outdoor bathroom, outdoor living room with firepit, day bay, loungers and lush landscaping with sweeping views again of the Pacific and the huertas of Pescadero. There is a king day bed with shade structures. A large Parota table with chairs serves as an outdoor dining table or bar. A short staircase takes you to a rooftop deck for star gazing, yoga and just an escape from the visitors you are surely to have at this incredible property. The roof deck also houses the solar panels. There is a 2+bay garage plus covered parking. Inside the garage here are 3 storage rooms, one being a 3 piece bath (not completed but plumbed), another storage for pool equipment, solar batteries plus invertor(15Kw system with 8Kw inverter plus 16Kw Lithium Ion battery back-up. This room also houses a gas hot water heater. There is a 3rd large storage area for a wine cava or valuables and or garden implements, etc.. The garage door is electric as is the car gate. While the home can be entered from the drive in area, it can also be accessed through the gate leading to the pool area. There is an adjacent storage area for the electric hot water heater supplying the main house, generator (12kw Kohler), A/C compressors and pool heater. There is a whole house water filtration system provided by Waterways Baja. The house also has 2-10K liter water cisterns with their own separate water filtration system. The propane tank is 1000 liters. There are 2 more propane hot water heaters. The septic is a Biodigester with grey water irrigation (Rainbird). The washing machine is electric and the dryer is propane. The house is plumbed to add a 2nd set of washer/dryers in the storage unit next to the outdoor bathroom which also serves as storage for pool toys, cushions and all outdoor items. Moving on from the first level of the home and its infrastructure, there is the "Azul" studio with it's own private patio, en suite bathroom, convection cooktop and mini oven plus sink and mini fridge. There is a queen bed with an attractive Murphy bed that can accommodate up to 4 people. There is a desk that can double as a dining table. The views are amazing and the privacy outstanding. Continuing down two flight of steps brings you to the "Grey" studio with a wrap around huge private patio with sweeping views of the Pacific and the huertas. This studio boasts a full size range, refrigerator and plenty of cabinetry space along with a king size bed. From here you'll descend two flights of stairs to the lower building which houses a lovely king bedded room with en suite bath and outstanding views of the Pacific and huertas of El Pescadero. Next door is a proper one bedroom apartment with a king size bed, en suite bathroom. Separating the sleeping quarters are barn doors that house a living, dining a full kitchen with also a dishwasher. The sofa can be used as another bed. This accommodation has a wrap around private patio affording the same magnificent views. There's small seating area accessed from underneath this catilevered home with a wood burning firepit and chairs. Needless to say, there is nothing comparable to this home in the Pacific North or even Los Cabos.

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