Heptagon House

Heptagon House offers a geometric solution to a set of financial and regulatory challenges. Limited to the footprint of an existing 195 square foot foundation, the design takes advantage of the simple properties of plan rotation in order to expand the area of the upper floors while aligning the guest house toward an ocean view. The plan is chamfered at the base and roof to allow for a front door and larger windows, yielding four heptagonal facades and a series of canted planes that opportunistically turn the local gabled roof vernacular on its head.
The project embraces its tight budget with a minimal palette of plywood surfaces and millwork, standard manufactured windows, and inexpensive white standing-seam metal roofing that wraps the entire structure in abstract linework. An inexpensive acrylic dome skylight is mounted on rails, allowing it to roll open and offer the urban camper a night under the stars.

PBLC is an architecture studio based in Los Angeles, practicing globally. We begin each project by identifying the specific problem embedded in a site, program, existing condition, or idea. Rather than imposing a predetermined formal language, we develop geometric solutions that respond directly to the particular demands of each project. Working across residential, workplace, cultural, and speculative projects, PBLC creates architecture whose distinctiveness comes not from style, but from the clear transformation of constraint into form.

A+ Awards, Architizer, Special Mention: Luxury Hotel and Residences at Carcosa Seri Negara and Istana Tetamu

AR Future Projects Award, The Architectural Review + MIPIM: Liepāja Thermal Bath

A+ Awards, Architizer, Jury Award: Liepāja Thermal Bath

A+ Awards, Architizer, Special Mention: Emigration House

A+ Awards, Architizer, Special Mention: Heptagon House

Young Architect’s Award, The Architect’s Newspaper

American Architecture Award: Liepāja Thermal Bath

American Architecture Award: Bandersnatch

Best of Year Honoree, Interior Design Magazine: Emigration House

Architect Magazine Residential Architect Design Award, Honorable Mention: Emigration House

American Architecture Prize, Silver: Liepāja Thermal Bath

American Architecture Prize, Honorable Mention: Heptagon House

Best of the BEST Award, IIDA Intermountain Chapter: Venafi Headquarters

BEST Award, Work over 15,000 SF, IIDA Intermountain Chapter: Venafi Headquarters

BEST Award, Live – Single Unit, IIDA Intermountain Chapter: Broadway Loft

AZ Award of Merit, AZURE Magazine: Liepāja Thermal Bath

AZ People's Choice Award, AZURE Magazine: Liepāja Thermal Bath

Architect Magazine Residential Architect Design Award: Heptagon House

AIA Los Angeles NEXT LA Design Award, Citation: Bandersnatch

IDA International Design Award, Gold: Liepāja Thermal Bath

IDA International Design Award, Bronze: Heptagon House

AIA California Council Residential Design Award, Merit: Heptagon House

AIA Los Angeles NEXT LA Design Award, Merit: Heptagon House

AIA Los Angeles Next LA Design Award, Citation: Liepāja Thermal Bath

AIA Los Angeles NEXT LA Design Award, Citation: Pop-Up Chapel