This is a home to awe and amaze, not just with its setting and design but in how to feels. The minute you walk in you can feel it soothing you and making you more calm and relaxed. The spaces are both vast and intimate and you are never away from a view.Architects Jong Jong of Berkeley, California have combined traditional Japanese design elements with contemporary living. This home is a place to find peace and balance, a place that promotes relaxation, appreciation of natural elements andprovides a setting for both private and social occasions. Upon entering you look through bamboo trees growing up three stories to the huge central atrium with its soaring wall of glass reaching up three floors and then to the sky. It floods the home with natural light and uninterrupted views to the western hills. This expansive use of glass creates a space where both the indoors and outdoors meld into an astonishing blend of art, architecture and nature. The rest of the home is then tiered up and open to this amazing volume of space, light and views. Every element was carefully selected to make the home harmonious and elegant. The neutral colors and carefully chosen materials such as white birch (light wood) and slate are consistent throughout giving the design center stage. The extensive use of shoji screen - light weight screens that transmit light - can create room without walls and allows theflexibilityfor either an open flow of intimate spaces. They create soft and airy walls (and doors) providing a clean, uniform and pleasing look to the entire home. The use of built-ins in every room also adds to this peaceful uncluttered feeling.…
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