This large-scale breezeway is the new entry to our client’s Napa property, shielding the house from Silverado Trail and creating a sense of private enclave. Armour Architecture answered their wish for a garage and gym/office by designing a gabled barn—an elevated utilitarian structure—featuring 3 garages, west-facing gym/office with accordion glass doors, and this imposing passageway, set dramatically on an axis with the palm trees and swimming pool beyond. With a large fireplace/hearth, a hidden bar, and 15-foot bi-fold steel doors on both ends, it’ll usher guests from the new exterior motor court into the now-formalized courtyard between the house, guesthouse, and natural tree-lined creek border - all while doubling as impressive entertaining space.