It has an art studio, a darkroom, and a perfectly maintained Japanese-style garden.
“It was an amazingly wonderful opportunity to create something out of nothing,” said Lisa Sack, their daughter, who grew up in the house. “They were both just incredibly creative people living at a time when other people were a bit more constrained.” The Edelsteins may have tapped into the Second Bay Tradition, where California’s mid-century architects reinvented Frank Lloyd Wright’s principles.
Arthur died in 1991. Before Martha died this year, she explained some of her design sensibility to her granddaughter Gemma Sack at. She said the couple had no interest in building another one of Jamaica Estates’s “‘sedate houses of memory,’ which were meant for ‘duchesses,’ ‘large gowns’ and ‘well-mannered tea parties.
The Edelsteins designed their home out of California redwood with open-eave overhangs, a Frank Lloyd Wright–inspired contemporary style which was out of joint with Jamaica Estates.Edelstein, a photographer, documented his progress as he helped build the home he designed. The house was finished in 1960.The entryway, off to the side, hides from the street like the rest of the house.
Windows over the front of the house, with its driveway descending to a two-car garage, belong to Martha’s art studio. The paintings in the foreground are hers.The primary bedroom is separated from its private hallway and private bath by a Japanese-style screen. The Edelsteins never traveled to Japan, but like other American designers in the postwar period, they were inspired by its simple lines.Another view of the primary suite with built-in sconces where a bed once was.
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