Steeply graded home lots seem to suit architect Robert Harvey Oshatz. To build on such parcels, homes are designed to cantilever over slopes, offering exceptional views. The residences seem to soar and can appear untethered, existing in the air. It’s an Oshatz signature refined during 50-plus years of work: architecture that looks to have been manifested out of the ether.
When we reached Oshatz at “Elk Rock,” his home of 33 years—its funnel-shaped form is anchored to a 30-degree slope—he was beginning to puzzle out designs for a Glendale, California, home. “It’s very steep and doesn’t have good access,” says Oshatz, who lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
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