615 Woodlawn Avenue

Among the quiet bungalows of Venice, California, something unexpected rises. The Solar Umbrella Residence doesn't just occupy its lot - it reimagines it, stretching across a through lot as both shelter and statement, a home that earns its place in the California sun. At its heart is a simple but powerful idea, borrowed from Paul Rudolph's visionary Umbrella House of 1953: let the roof do more. Here, the solar canopy floats overhead like a second sky, filtering light, tempering heat, and casting the whole composition in a warm, considered shade. Inside, the home unfolds with quiet intention. Two bedrooms and two baths ground the first floor in everyday comfort, while a treehouse master loft perches above - open, elevated, luminous. Every material has been chosen with care: recycled, renewable, high-performing. Every surface, every planted edge, every stone underfoot considered for what it gives back as much as what it takes. The Solar Umbrella is more than a house. It is a way of living - rooted in place, alive to the climate, and radiant with possibility.