What was an empty space below now encompasses a home office, guest bedroom and gym, all integrated into the hillside. To accomplish that here, he extended and shifted the axis of the wing housing the primary bedroom, which used to awkwardly extend out over a tier of the property. “Our ethos is about tying everything together so that you’re actively engaging with the whole lot, indoors and out,” the architect states. Thompson and his team have a key philosophy: To always look for ways of extending living spaces to the very edges of a property. “It just needed a tremendous amount of work,” adds her husband. “The home had great modernist details, a beautiful backyard-it was full of possibility,” says the wife. But spotting its potential wasn’t difficult. Plus, its curb appeal was overshadowed by a bleak concrete motor court. The small kitchen seemed misplaced and tucked away, the rooms dark and congested, and the descending property wasn’t smoothly connected to the house. “It was open compared to a traditional floor plan, but it didn’t function the way homes do now,” the architect explains. “The homeowners bought it from the family who had built it, and it hadn’t been touched since 1957,” remembers Thompson, noting what a rarity it is to find a midcentury residence unaffected by renovations, additions or other tweaks. In many ways, the existing abode was still a true time capsule.
Instead, they’re part of an exhaustive yet highly sensitive remodel and addition designed by architect David Thompson and executed by custom home builder Eric Dobkin. Yet many of the features on display-its expansive glass windows and unbroken sight lines, seamless transitions from the indoors out, even the flow of the rooms-are not original. It presents itself as a well-preserved midcentury modern home showcasing the era’s distinctive architectural innovations.
Consider this California house nestled in the foothills of Studio City’s Fryman Canyon. Our perception of the past is often inaccurate.
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