Cathi House Editor & Author

Cathi House of House + House. Cathi House co-founded with Steven House the architecture firm, House + House. For over thirty-five years they have crafted intimate, personal architecture reflecting their passion for site-specific, well-choreographed buildings throughout California, Mexico, and the Caribbean. In 1989 Architecture magazine featured House + House in its “Discovery” issue on emerging talent. Since then they have received over fifty design awards and their work has been featured in numerous publications including two monographs, House + House Architects: Choreographing Space and Houses in the Sun: light movement embrace. Cathi and Steven’s extensive studies of vernacular architecture have been published in two very personal memoirs, Mediterranean Villages: an architectural journey and Villages of West Africa: an intimate journey across time. They have established CASA (The Center for Architecture, Sustainability + Art), a study-abroad program based in Mexico.