Plates of weathering steel wrap the House for a New Beginning, a project designed by US studio Nielsen Schuh Architects for a couple whose original home was destroyed by a wildfire.

Located in the hills just north of Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, the house was designed for clients who had lost their prior home in the 2017 Tubbs Fire, which burned over 36,000 acres (14,569 hectares) and devastated the wine-making region.

Nielsen Schuh Architects wrapped the home in weathering steel

When the couple set out to rebuild, they picked a site near their prior home.

"Rather than rebuild on their original property, they found a neighbouring site, which was also burned, to help begin their lives anew," said local studio Nielsen Schuh Architects.

The house was designed for clients who had lost their prior home in the 2017 Tubbs Fire

The new, 9.73-acre (3.9-hectare) property had formerly held a large, white-stucco house with a generous swimming pool, all of which had been decimated by the fire.

The building had rested atop a flat strip of land, overlooking the valley below.