Sessa Residence is a minimalist house located in Los Angeles, California, designed by Jones Partners Architecture. The clients approached J,P:A with a program that included the addition of another bedroom suite, thinking that it might be placed on top of the existing structure. J,P:A demurred, resisting the typical ambition to make something more of the program than the client requested, an alien gem to outshine the original. (3)

Sessa Residence is a minimalist house located in Los Angeles, California, designed by Jones Partners Architecture. The clients approached J,P:A with a program that included the addition of another bedroom suite, thinking that it might be placed on top of the existing structure. J,P:A demurred, resisting the typical ambition to make something more of the program than the client requested, an alien gem to outshine the original.