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Gustave Carlson Design

Skilfully Stewards an

Unlikely Eichler

Palo Alto, United States

rchitect-artist Gustave Carlson — whose eponymous

residential architecture and design practice works on custom
Arenovations, new construction, and sustainable design across
architectural styles — adapted an unusually pedigreed 'Eichler,'
the collective name for the distinctive single-family residences
commissioned by the 20th-century real estate developer Joseph
Eichler, to the current homeowners' vision, while paying homage to
its groundbreaking origins.

An admirer of architect Frank Lloyd Wright's work, and widely
regarded as a social visionary, Joseph Eichler took the design
principles and values of modern architecture to middle-class
Americans. Between 1949 and 1966, his company, Eichler Homes,
built an estimated 11,000 modern, tract-style, single-family
residences in planned communities, mostly in Northern California;
the City of Palo Alto, located along the San Francisco Peninsula,
boasts the largest concentration of such homes in the U.S.

Unlike most of the 'Eichlers' found in Palo Alto, the one which Gustave
Carlson and the project team worked on is unique. Built in 1971, and
located in the hills of Palo Alto on a flag lot which backs into what is
now a golf course, this 'Eichler' was custom-commissioned by John S.
Lynd, an architect and personal friend of Joseph Eichler.

The John S. Lynd 'Eichler' is currently owned by a visionary couple
who share four daughters and an art collection of more than 90 In the atrium, the walls are an exterior western cedar
siding, and interior sliding glass doors by Fleetwood
works, mainly by emerging female artists. Carlson approached their add to the feeling of living outdoors.
Photo credit: David Duncan Livingston

The 4,000-square foot residence is uniquely located on a flag lot that overlooks a golf course.
Photo credit: David Duncan Livingston

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