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A contemporary lakefront residence featuring multi-level shed roofs, expansive floor-to-ceiling glazing, and stone bases that integrate the structure into a densely wooded sloping site.
- What we like about this project
- A straight outdoor metal stair cuts directly through the wild bank vegetation to connect the house terrace with the floating dock below.
Materials
- glass
- stone
- timber
- metal
- wood-siding
Visual identifiers
- shed-roof
- glulam-rafters
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
- stone-base
- lakefront-stair
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- rustic-modern
Visual tags
- lakehouse
- contemporary-regional
- woodland
- indoor-outdoor
- sloped-roof
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-volume pavilion massing following the sloping terrain, topped with low-sloping shed roofs featuring exposed glulam rafters.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing combined with wood siding and stone masonry veneer.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame with glulam beams and steel supports at cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story multi-volume residential estate scaled to sit comfortably within a sloping woodland lakeside setting.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon sun filtering through tall pine trees directly behind the structure, creating backlighting and lens flare against the roofline.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and warm twilight atmosphere under a canopy of pines overlooking calm water.
- Environmental context
- Lakeside wooded slope with dense evergreen trees and native brush descending to a dock at the water's edge.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture frames sweeping horizontal vistas from the hillside, connecting deep interior spaces to exterior terraces and stepping down to the water via an outdoor stair and dock.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal layering of stone bases, dark window frames, and exposed wood roof beams offset by vertical tree trunks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism with rustic material accents
- Program
- Luxury single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, stone, timber, metal, wood-siding
- Visual identifiers
- shed-roof, glulam-rafters, floor-to-ceiling-glass, stone-base, lakefront-stair
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, rustic-modern
- Visual tags
- lakehouse, contemporary-regional, woodland, indoor-outdoor, sloped-roof
- Geometry
- Stepped multi-volume pavilion massing following the sloping terrain, topped with low-sloping shed roofs featuring exposed glulam rafters.
- Facade system
- Curtain wall glazing combined with wood siding and stone masonry veneer.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame with glulam beams and steel supports at cantilevered balconies.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story multi-volume residential estate scaled to sit comfortably within a sloping woodland lakeside setting.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon sun filtering through tall pine trees directly behind the structure, creating backlighting and lens flare against the roofline.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and warm twilight atmosphere under a canopy of pines overlooking calm water.
- Environmental context
- Lakeside wooded slope with dense evergreen trees and native brush descending to a dock at the water's edge.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture frames sweeping horizontal vistas from the hillside, connecting deep interior spaces to exterior terraces and stepping down to the water via an outdoor stair and dock.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal layering of stone bases, dark window frames, and exposed wood roof beams offset by vertical tree trunks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism with rustic material accents
- Program
- Luxury single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture