Viso Residence in Hollywood
Hodgetts & Fung 

Viso Residence in Hollywood

Hodgetts & Fung 


Architecture is not the only activity in which Craig Hodgetts and Ming Fung are engaged. They are also interested in film as an ephemeral phenomenon within a world dominated by communication. However, when it comes to making buildings, these architects conceive ≪episodes of designed order, severely packaged and carefully fabricated≫, in the words of Aaron Betsky.

These characteristics are evident in the Viso residence, built on a steep hillside in the Hollywood Hills. It is one of those single-family homes that have had to contend with the terrain in exchange for a sweeping panorama of the plain that stretches from downtown Los Angeles to the sea...[+]


ArquitectosArchitects
Craig Hodgetts, Ming Fung

ConsultoresConsultants
Gordon Tolon (estructurasstructures); Robert A. Hollingsworth (mecánica del suelobuilding physics)

FotosPhotos
Tim Street-Porter