$1,049,000 Lafayette in Lafayette, California

This unique home is a sophisticated blending of International Modern style and Arts and Crafts sensibility popular between xxxx and xxxx. Designed by architect Murray Slama for himself and his family in xxxx. Murray Slama was a senior partner in the Berkeley architectural firm of Ratcliff, Slama and Cadwalader, a firm closely associated with Bay Area Regional style during the xxxxs and 70s. Examples of the Ratcliff style are found in custom homes throughout the Berkeley Hills, Orinda, and Lafayette. The Slama home is magnificently sited and designed to make the most of its wooded environment. The tension between inside and outside is found in the main living floor on the upper level , with its tall walls, large expanses of glass, overhanging eves, low pitched roof, vertical structural elements and clerestory windows. These elements further emphasize the sense of volume and space, all within a floor plan that is uniquely livable.Listing originally posted at http