Dive Brief:

• Great design can be had if you do not need to pinch pennies, and a luxury home on the ocean in California's Big Sur has a copper roof and one copper facade that will change color as the home ages in the Pacific air.
• Fougeron Architecture designed the house, and the completed building was featured on the April cover of "Architectural Record."
• The price of the 3,800-square-foot house, which comprises two rectangular sections connected by a glass library area, is not mentioned.

Dive Insight:

The opposite side of the house from the copper facade is all glass. The copper has an advantage besides generating discussion about the unusual design – the house is in a high fire-danger zone, and the metal siding cannot combust.