Casa Genitori

After 20 years of designing contemporary architecture, I finally got the opportunity to design a traditional home—and I explored Spanish Revival architecture.

This design took 3 months and 7 versions, from the first hand-drawn concept sketches to the final concept that will move into design development.

The home is designed for a traditional family lifestyle and their future retirement, with a focus on entertaining, indoor-outdoor living, craftsmanship, color, and warmth. The project includes a two-story main house, basement, pool area, ADU, and attached garage.

The deisgn of this house has more Latino-inspired color palette instead of the typical white Spanish Revival aesthetic, and hand drawing helps me think through architectural problems before moving into computer-based design.

This is Version 7— and hopefully, the beginning of a house we're actually going to build.