Montecito, CA, 2010
LEED Gold
The 1,500 square foot observatory houses the largest refracting telescope between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The building is designed to accommodate nighttime community stargazing gatherings as well as astronomy classes and workstations. Celestial references as well as physics and astronomical imagery informed the curving forms in the design of the building and surrounding landscape.
In collaboration with David VanHoy, Architect Inc. Architect of Record: Pfeiffer Partners
