The Clients for the Vista Place House purchased an existing one story cottage in the walk street district of North Venice, CA. FAS was hired to design a new residence that would incorporate the existing shell and face of the old cottage. In order to perch 3 stories of new construction on a narrow, sloping site constrained by an existing structure and onerous parking requirements, FAS decided to use a light steel structural system (by Blue Sky Building Systems). Leveraging the structural attributes of the system, FAS has been able to create a narrow-based, cantilevered structure that reaches out to create additional space and an internal atrium interconnecting public areas of the house and allowing for expanded use of natural lighting and air ventilation.