Faulkner Architects designs California house around fire and water

US studio Faulkner Architects has clad a low-profile mountain house in corrugated Corten steel for wildfire resilience in Northern California.

Known as the Pine Flat Residence, the three-bedroom house is spread over two storeys and is embedded in a steep slope in Healdsburg, about an hour north of San Francisco.

The remote site was originally the home of an off-grid house that was destroyed in the 2019 Kincade Fire.

Pine Flat Residence is a home in California designed by Faulkner...