Eichler-style A-frame gable with raked glass, orange front door and standard olive trees in warm late sun

Single-family residence · Southern California · 2026

Eichler Atrium House

Type: Single-family residence
Location: Southern California
Deliverables: Exterior stillsInteriorDusk viewAO clay review
Service: Residential Architectural Rendering in Los Angeles
Pipeline: Blender · Cycles path tracing · Post-production

Post-and-beam, an A-frame gable and a glass atrium.

An original mid-century atrium house in the Eichler tradition: a 64 by 60 foot post-and-beam plan on an 8-foot grid, wrapped around an open-air atrium, with glulam beams running through floor-to-ceiling glass and out past the eaves. The A-frame gable over the entry gallery has a fir soffit and raked glass; inside are mahogany paneling, terrazzo floors, globe pendants and a living plant wall. Light follows a real Southern California sun, and the atrium is planted with palms, olives, agave and snake plant.

A-frame gable over the glass entry gallery in warm late-afternoon sun — A-frame gable, late afternoon

Open-air atrium looking through floor-to-ceiling glass into the living room and kitchen — The atrium

Living room with mahogany paneling and globe pendants, looking across the glass into the atrium — Living room to atrium

Atrium and gable at blue hour with the gallery glowing and the plant wall lit — Blue hour

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