Sea Ranch 01 / JLJA, in collaboration with the owners and Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects, completed site planning and landscape design for two new homes on adjacent properties in The Sea Ranch. In the first phase, the carefully linked main house, spa, and outbuildings were positioned at the edge of the meadow and against a cypress hedgerow. Large drifts of sedge punctuated with shrubs set the tone for an entry sequence that is simple in form and reflects its surroundings. On the meadow side of the house, extending off an octagonally-shaped deck, the landscape design echoes the meadow typology with a streamlined plant palette of native grasses and sedges that swoop down to dynamic views of the Pacific Ocean.

For the second phase, JLJA and the team integrated an adjacent new home and landscape into the original project site, creating a compound for extended family to enjoy. Drawing from the original landscape of native grass and sedge swaths, the site design extends the plantings into the adjacent site. Connection between the two homes is seamless, with the two properties flowing as though constructed as one idea - pathways and a foot bridge provide the connective tissue between the two sites.

Photo: David Wakely Photography

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Client: Private client
Location: The Sea Ranch in Sonoma, CA
Dates: 2004-2006, 2018-2021
Size: 1.25-acre property
Architect: Turnbull Griffin & Haesloop
Civil Engineer: Dimensions 4 Engineering
General Contractor: Empire Contracting
Landscape Contractor: Floriferous Landscaping