A mountain view villa in SAN Jose, California, USA, designed by Feldman Architecture, a local Architecture and interior design studio. 

When the client purchased this stunning property on the SAN Jose Hills, they dreamed of an equally stunning building, perched lightly on a dramatic hillside. The original building was burned down a few years ago, leaving only the foundations and an unnatural patch of ground on the hillside.

The studio team's initial field trip aimed to create a house that would both complete the damaged terrain and benefit from the exceptionally flat land. These conditions encouraged their designers to push the house deeper into the hillside, allowing the building to blend naturally with the surrounding landscape. 

The result is sweeping views of SAN Jose and a level of privacy -- the house is invisible from all but a few public views, and organically blends in with the surrounding geography.

The entryway welcomes visitors into its defining feature: a glass pavilion that serves as the home’s great room. The glass walls disappear into the hills, eliminating visual barriers between the home and the valley below. The exposed steel structure elegantly breaks and frames views. Natural light filters into space throughout the day, while panoramic vistas sweep out across San Jose to the Golden Gate Bridge in the distance.

The clients, when thinking of their future home, expressed the desire to accommodate a growing family, providing space for children to flourish and play both inside and out, and to feed their love for gardening and the outdoors. The home, therefore, is designed to take advantage of its California locale- many rooms spill directly into the surrounding landscape, patios, and gardens.