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title: "Projects"
url: https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects
description: "Nine residential projects by Cathy Schwabe Architecture, from the Carmel House to the Russian River Studio."
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# Projects

Nine houses and studios, each shaped by the light, landscape, views, local context and spirit of its own site.

- [Carmel House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/carmel)Located on a sloping site in the Santa Lucia Preserve, the house fronts on open grassland below and looks along the back through a spaced screen of California live oaks into dense woodlands…
- [Marin County House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/marin-county)Designed as a second home for an artist and engineer, this 2,200 SF house with two wings linked by an open-sided, partially open porch was in part inspired by a house the painter visited…
- [Mendocino County House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/mendocino-county)Designed as a quiet retreat for two readers, one of whom wanted the house to feel like an outdoor porch, this 840 SF cottage inhabits a steeply sloped lot adjacent to wooded watersheds. A…
- [Palo Alto 1 House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/palo-alto-1)Located on a corner lot in Palo Alto and replacing a former abandoned auto body shop, this 2,900 SF, two-story house was designed for a single parent and her two children as a home that…
- [Palo Alto 2 House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/palo-alto-2)Located in Palo Alto, this 3,400 SF house, designed for an academic family, began as a 1,800 SF one-story craftsman bungalow built in 1899 and listed on the National Historic Register. The…
- [Palo Alto 3 House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/palo-alto-3)Designed with a three-part focus of private, public, and family, this 5,500 SF Certified Green Point Rated two-story house + guest unit, set over a partial basement, sits midblock on a…
- [Pescadero House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/pescadero)The design of this 1,300 SF addition/remodel of an existing 2,660 SF house near Pescadero addressed the challenge of bringing the client and an aging parent, two very different adults, both…
- [Russian River Studio](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/russian-river)Designed for a photographer and a writer as a multi-purpose space for painting, drawing, writing, photography, creative dreaming, holiday meals, small workshops, and overflow guests, this…
- [Woodside House](https://cathyschwabearchitecture.com/projects/woodside)A two-phase project — a major renovation/addition with selective demolition to a 1930s Georgian Colonial-style house that had weathered a series of previous, disjointed additions — was…