Petro Vista - Custom Single Family House

    We called this house Petro Vista because it had a view of the Chevron refinery at Point Richmond. The house was the first solo project of two young architects just setting up their practice. They needed a project for their portfolio and decided to build one themselves. The site was an interesting hillside lot in an established neighborhood. The lot was formed by the intersection of two streets as then came down the hill forming something of a finger of land. The upper level and entry was on the higher of the two streets but the body of the house extended below. Again, I regret not having photographed the project more.

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Neighborhood The neighborhood of mostly smaller and a bit older homes.	Downhill Elevation Looking up from the lower street	Elevation From across the street.
Entry Elevation The parking and entry are on the upper street elevation.	Entry Elevation Entry and parking deck.	Parking Deck Covered parking but not a garage.
Parking Deck	Elevation	Downhill Elevation From the downhill side.
Interior Living room and stairs at the sheetrock tape stage. The public spaces, living room, dining, kitchen were on the upper level. The private space, bedrooms and bathrooms were on the lower level.