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An alpine residential precedent showcasing dark diagonal wood cladding and multi-pitched butterfly roofs designed to sit naturally in heavy snow environments.
- What we like about this project
- The siding boards are installed diagonally, matching the steep rake of the butterfly rooflines above.
Materials
- stained-wood
- glass
- snow
Visual identifiers
- diagonal-wood-siding
- butterfly-roof
- dark-cladding
- snow-setting
Style tags
- contemporary
- alpine
- mountain-modern
- rustic-modern
Visual tags
- alpine
- residential
- cabin
- wood-clad
- sloped-roof
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilion masses featuring dramatic upward-slanting butterfly roof geometry and diagonal cladding lines that contrast with the horizontal snow plane.
- Facade system
- Dark-stained vertical wood boards installed at a diagonal angle matching roof slopes.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction designed to handle heavy snow loads on angled butterfly roof planes.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale; the building low profile is visually anchored by massive surrounding evergreen trunks.
- Lighting
- Bright alpine daylight casting sharp shadows and highlighting the textured grain of the dark wood against blinding white snow.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, cold winter atmosphere balancing the warmth of dark wood against a vast white snowy expanse.
- Environmental context
- Mountain forest landscape thick with tall pine trees and heavy snow on the ground under a partly cloudy blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across a rolling, snow-covered slope, the dark volumes fold inward to frame a centralized glazed entry recess.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic angular roof lines and parallel diagonal board siding establish an energetic, non-orthogonal rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary alpine mountain architecture
- Program
- Mountain residence or alpine cabin
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stained-wood, glass, snow
- Visual identifiers
- diagonal-wood-siding, butterfly-roof, dark-cladding, snow-setting
- Style tags
- contemporary, alpine, mountain-modern, rustic-modern
- Visual tags
- alpine, residential, cabin, wood-clad, sloped-roof
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilion masses featuring dramatic upward-slanting butterfly roof geometry and diagonal cladding lines that contrast with the horizontal snow plane.
- Facade system
- Dark-stained vertical wood boards installed at a diagonal angle matching roof slopes.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction designed to handle heavy snow loads on angled butterfly roof planes.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale; the building low profile is visually anchored by massive surrounding evergreen trunks.
- Lighting
- Bright alpine daylight casting sharp shadows and highlighting the textured grain of the dark wood against blinding white snow.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, cold winter atmosphere balancing the warmth of dark wood against a vast white snowy expanse.
- Environmental context
- Mountain forest landscape thick with tall pine trees and heavy snow on the ground under a partly cloudy blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across a rolling, snow-covered slope, the dark volumes fold inward to frame a centralized glazed entry recess.
- Composition rhythm
- Dynamic angular roof lines and parallel diagonal board siding establish an energetic, non-orthogonal rhythm.
- Style reading
- Contemporary alpine mountain architecture
- Program
- Mountain residence or alpine cabin
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture