TUCKER GLASS PAVILION
DESIGNED BY STANLEY SAITOWITZ + NATOMA ARCHITECTS
Healdsburg, California
6 Guests / 3 Bedrooms / 3 Beds / 2.5 Baths
From $800 / Night
ARCHITECTURE
Healdsburg’s characteristic residential architectural language of shady porches, light painted clapboard siding and fertile landscapes are reinterpreted in a contemporary language at Tucker Glass Pavilion. The front of the building is a latticework screened porch with a colonnaded portico. Linear planters define the edge of the property. Drought resistant planting covers the ground between the planters and porch.
Each of the linked L shaped units are completed to form square walled courtyards which the interiors merge through sliding glass doors wrapping the entire lower level. The enclosing ‘walls’ are the outer boundaries of the court space. Inside and outside are blended and ambiguous, stretched to the limits of the site. Lattices provide shade and lap pools create cool.
Celebrated architect Stanley Saitowitz and Natoma Architects Inc. designed The Glass Pavilions with the balance of innovation and restraint for which they are revered. Tasteful minimalist design defines each home, from their tranquil bedrooms to their secluded courtyards. Floor-to-ceiling glass panels, each thirteen feet in height, slide away to unite indoor and outdoor spaces in a single, uninterrupted expanse.
PEOPLE
Saitowitz’s considerable accomplishments have earned him both the American Institute of Architecture’s Innovation Award (2017) and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, issued by the Smithsonian Design Museum in 2006. In 1997, his Transvaal House was declared a National Monument by South Africa, where the architect was born and began his education. Major museums, including SFMoMA, hold Saitowitz’s works on paper in their collections. When one encounters an innovative recent building in San Francisco with particular gravitas, it is likely that Saitowitz and Natoma Architects were behind it. The Glass Pavilions afford the opportunity to experience such a carefully composed environment at one’s leisure, as the flawless setting for one’s day-to-day life.
PLACE
Two blocks from downtown Healdsburg’s central Plaza and approximately seventy miles north of San Francisco, the Glass Pavilions sit at the crux of the Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, and Alexander Valley viticultural areas. The property is located within steps of Michelin-starred restaurants and numerous tasting rooms. Sonoma County’s most breathtaking wineries lie a short drive away.
