Dr.
& Dr. Jesser
Modern Art Deco Home Located In La Quinta
Hidden Within A Natural Jagged Rock Cove
Unique
Home (As In No One Built Like It Still To This Day)
This is a very unique home we designed in 1988 located in the La
Quinta Resort and Club. The home is in the center of a small
exclusive subdivision cove surrounded tightly by high rock mountain
faces. Therefore we designed narrow but tall window to capture the
360 degree view of the surrounding peaks above the existing homes
from standing on the ground floor of the structure. Standing on the
center of the vacant lot, we discovered that all the magnificent
views were captured by looking at a 45 degree angle upward over the
existing homes to see the peaks of these jagged rock faced
mountains. Please notice the 18 foot high front entry
door and the high windows directly over the fireplace. (We had to
offset the chimney to accomplish that little trick.)
Most windows are high
enough to capture the peaks but narrow enough within thick walls to
keep the direct sun rays out. All window and door elements disappear
by "floating" perpendicular within 4 to 6 foot thick wall
jambs. Not only is this narrow and tall window design unique but it
also affords great views while keeping the glass exposure to the
heat at a minimum. We also added vines planted in stainless
steel trays on the roof. These vines not only soften the tall
wall surfaces but also buffer the plastered walls from the direct
heat of the sunlight.
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Privacy,
Privacy, Privacy
We also designed the home at the request of both Dr. Jesser's so
that each bedroom did not have a party wall with any other bedroom
or main room. If you notice, each room is separated by two
walls and an exterior space. No embarrassment from guests, not even
those with young noisy children. For Doctors that sometimes have to
work nights, privacy and sleep are an up most premium worth
preserving.
Site Plan/Floor Plan/Landscape Plan
Our
Energy Efficiency Makes It Cheap To Keep, Cheap To Build And Even
Looks Much Nicer Too!
The interior dwelling space has our top of the line energy designed
system. Included are many separate high efficiency forced air-
air conditioners. Each air conditioner can be easily
additionally zoned into 2 or more cooling areas. This design allows
us to create up to 6 individually timed and thermostatically
controlled heating or cooling zones. We designed most of
the supply and return air conditioning ducts to run under the
slab. This allowed us to keep a clean massive 18 ft high
ceiling throughout the majority of the structure with none of the
usual clutter of framed dropped ceilings to hide the ugly duct work.
Even with the additional cost of going under slab with the air
ducts, the client still saved money from the reduced cost of no
soffett framing. The client also saved on his Edison bill by
saving the energy that would have been lost if the air conditioner
had to push all that cool air through much longer and much warmer
air ceiling ducts.
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The
owner now can selectively cool only the portions of the home he
resides in by setting the thermostats manually or by timer. Example;
during the night, they can choose to only cool the Master Bedroom
Suite and the small walk area to the water closet/lavatory room.
Since no one is ever in all the rooms at the same time, why cool all
the rooms all the time?
Reducing
Carbon Footprints Before It Was Trendy
Our tradition of thoughtful heating and cooling design helps large
home clients pay a small home electric utility bill. We have
been doing this type of energy saving design way before it was
trendy to do so or even required to do so by recent code. Our
designs have not only reduced the "carbon footprint" of
our homes, but have also protected our clients from having to pay
high summer utility bills.
Another One Went Through The Building Department With No Corrections
What So Ever
Plans went through the Homeowners Association and the City Building
Department correction free. What a deal!
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