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H02 SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012 YOUR HOME THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC in No, you're not seeing double. A black-plaster finish on the sleek, contemporary rectangular pool In the courtyard of the "Butterfly House" Carmel, captures the heat of day and dramatically reflects a lighted, glassed-in room and the skies above, dale smith Cool home Continued from Page H01 ther's) favorite project. As an architect, when you finally get to design your own home, you have no restrictions." Among memories shared that fall day was Jay Wyn-koop's recollection of working on the house (still under construction) when he noticed a man wearing a coat and hat strolling around the property, peering at the house. Jay asked if he could help, and the man enthusiastically asked, "Who's the (expletive) genius who designed this place?" His father greeted the visitor and said, "Son, I want you to meet Frank Lloyd Wright." Wright was finishing a home just down the road, and Frank Wynkoop shared cocktails with him more than once. After their nostalgic tour, Thor Wynkoop handed his business card to the real-estate agent, asking to have the eventual buyer contact him if interested in having the sons of the original architect handle a renovation.

Inspired by the home, he also put a few thoughts on paper detailing how he'd modernize the floor plan and open up the smaller 1950s rooms. But he wasn't banking on the fact that the buyer would call. In November 2007, when Wynkoop was living in Las Vegas but spending time at a second residence in Phoenix, Joe Walter left a message saying he'd like to talk. "Evidently, Joe had received those sketches," Wynkoop says. "My heart was just racing." Wynkoop met Walter, the new owner, at the Carmel house.

After talking, Walter gave him the keys and let Wynkoop spend some time at the house to solidify his thoughts on the renovation. "There was this wonderful quiet to it, like I was back home," Wynkoop remembers. He thought about getting dinner at a local restaurant and realized there was no better view than watching the sun set over the ocean from this living room. So he sat down with a glass of wine and grocery-store sushi to watch the show. The house, which is once again on the market, for $19.2 million, was built using custom concrete-block and steel columns and beams.

Because of a steel shortage during the Korean War, Frank Wynkoop had to get special government permission to use the material. Thor Wynkoop says the home suffered damage only An ocean-view room (left) takes advantage of the home's setting. The house was built in the 1950s using custom concrete-block and steel columns and beams the steel required special government permission because of a shortage during the Korean War. photos by Angelina gabriel PHOTOGRAPHY (LEFT) AND DALE SMITH twice, when it was hit with rogue waves during massive storms once in the mid-1960s, and a second time in 2007. Windows were broken, but no major damage occurred.

"My dad was way ahead of his time," Wynkoop says of his father, who primarily practiced commercial architecture, building California schools from his offices in San Francisco and Bakersfield. Frank Wynkoop used natural daylight, cross-ventilation and even radiant heating before they were popular. Originally, Thor Wynkoop wanted to restore the kidney-shaped pool in the interior courtyard, which had been filled in. Instead, he and Walter opted for a sleek, contemporary rectangular pool with a black-plaster finish that captures the heat and reflects the sky. Wynkoop also added sliding-glass doors all around the courtyard, and he created extra square footage and gallery space by using a former patio overhang to create a new exterior wall and turning the origi nal exterior wall into an interior hallway.

To maximize the living room's views, the Wynkoop brothers restored the room's edge, which originally had been sunken with built-in seating by the windows (a previous owner had filled it in). Unfortunately, an original round fireplace with a sculptural floating hood (created from arched supports with underground venting) was too expensive to re-create. Still, today the home boasts every modern amenity and luxury finish, including limestone floors, ribbon mahogany cabinetry, marble bathrooms and high-end appliances. A modern radiant-heating system also was added to the floors of the home. "It was the ultimate project," Wynkoop says.

"I could not be happier about the final outcome. It's a real joy to see the home reborn with such elegance." Reach the reporter at kara.morrison arizonarepublic.com. The open design of the living room (above) leads out onto the courtyard pool. In the background is the wood-paneled kitchen and, beyond that, more expanses of rock and water. A bird sculpture (left) accents the home's yard.

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