Following last week’s visit to New York City-based BKSK Architects, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Los Angeles this week to explore the work of Aaron Neubert Architects who are currently hiring for a Junior / Intermediate Designer.

Founded in 2006, with a presence in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas, the firm has accumulated a portfolio of projects ranging from museums and hotels to private residences and multi-family housing. The practice describes its philosophy as “positive, opportunistic, and intellectually flexible with every theoretical and commissioned project,” and operates on the principles that ‘constraints are opportunities,’ ‘assumptions are challenged,’ ‘flexibility is required,’ and ‘collaborations are embraced.’

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for a Junior / Intermediate Designer to join their Los Angeles office. For candidates interested in applying for the position, or those interested in learning more about the firm’s work, we have rounded up five L.A. hillside homes by Aaron Neubert Architects that reflect the studio’s output.

Canyon House

Sitting on a steep site in the Hollywood Hills, the 4000-square-foot Canyon House balances privacy and secrecy along its access road with an open, transparent outlook towards the city, Runyon Canyon Park, and Wattles Canyon Park. Towards the canyons, the middle level of the three-story home is clad with floor-to-ceiling glazing including sliding glazed openings to balconies, further opening the interior to the natural environment.

Inside, the home’s middle level contains semi-autonomous but connected living spaces, while the main stair core is configured as a ‘stair room’ that addresses all three floors of the house. The triple-height stair core, in conjunction with strategically located operable windows and skylights, also acts to naturally ventilate the home.

Echo House and Studio

Located in Los Angeles’ Elysian Heights neighborhood, the Echo House and its detached artist's studio are positioned to frame views of the L.A. skyline and surrounding hills, while also carving out what the team calls an “introspective landscape for the enjoyment of the family.” Across the home and studio, strategically placed apertures create “spatial reverberation and dialogue” between interior functions and external terraces, decks, and balconies.

“Organized as a staggered sectional volume distributing program over three levels, the residence is situated over the utilitarian spaces located at street level,” the team explains. “Living spaces occupy the multi-level second floor with direct access to the outdoors via the front deck and the rear terrace, physically expanding the interior. The third floor, accessed by the expressed scissor stair, consists of the bedrooms and bathrooms.”

Black Box

Built on a steeply sloping site in Franklin Hills, the 200-square-foot Black Box is a writer’s studio designed to float above an existing residence to capture a panoramic view of Griffith Park. A studio of minimal geometry and clad in dark stained timber, the space now serves as an office for a technology author and columnist.

Accessed via hillside stairs under a tree canopy to create a notional separation between work and living, the studio’s custom-fabricated steel fenestration system opens to the entry platform through a pair of telescoping doors. In contrast to the dark cladding, a large frameless picture window looks towards Griffith Park while bathing the studio in natural light.

View House

The 3750-square-foot View House is located on a hillside site in Bel-Air, capturing views of the Getty Center and surrounding mountains. The single-story home is comprised internally of a series of spatially contiguous spaces placed above a partially subterranean garage and below a folded steel roof.

The roof’s height and shape are manipulated in response to the internal and spatial and programmatic requirements of the project brief, as well as the specific solar exposures of the site. In the living room, a large aperture carefully frames views of the Getty Center, while a corner window connects the office to the garden. Above, numerous skylights throughout the home track the sun’s path throughout the day.

Tilt-Shift House

Located on a sloping parcel in Silver Lake with views towards the hills and reservoir, the 2100-square-foot Tilt-Shift House responds to its site’s lack of natural open space by creating artificial external terraces through a series of ‘plan shifts’ across three stacked volumes. Against the dark metal cladding, a series of strategically placed openings and decks around the perimeter create far-reaching views.

In the lowest volume, a subterranean garage is inserted into the hillside, while the second floor contains open-plan living spaces and street-facing external terraces. The third floor, which serves as sleeping quarters, is accessed via a double-height interior stair volume that works in conjunction with operable windows and skylights to naturally ventilate the home.

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