'Phoenix Rising'

To lose one’s home in a firestorm nearly boggles the mind. But imagination guided the rebuilding of this view home into a stunning showcase for a whole new houseful of furnishings and art objects with no looking back… and partners Mike and Mark couldn’t be more pleased!

An architectural “wow” factor now starts some distance uphill from the new house, where the original home was located. Here is a circular drive with parking for a dozen or more cars, from which guests follow a walkway downhill and across a suspended entry bridge into the upper level of the new, very contemporary house.

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