Legend of the Lake
A lakefront residence featuring dark shingle siding, crisp white trim, and a prominent curved portico stepping into a terraced stone landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The sweeping curved wooden ceiling of the central portico contrasted with the sharp gables.
Materials
- dark-shingle
- stone
- wood
- glass
- wrought-iron
Visual identifiers
- dark-shingle-siding
- curved-portico
- stone-retaining-walls
- white-trim
Style tags
- craftsman
- vernacular
- traditional
- residential
Visual tags
- residential
- lake-house
- vernacular
- balcony
- gabled-roof
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-gabled massing with terraced stone retaining walls stepping down a slope, accented by a central curved portico and second-floor balconies.
- Facade system
- Dark cedar shingle siding with white wood trim, multi-pane windows, and wrought-iron railings.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction over stone foundation walls.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by broad stone retaining walls and sweeping rooflines.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp shadows across the white trim, stone retaining walls, and dark siding.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and firmly rooted in a natural woodland setting.
- Environmental context
- Sloping lakeside property surrounded by mature deciduous and pine trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from a terraced landscape, the building presents layered outdoor living zones including covered porches and upper balconies framing views.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window groupings balanced against strong horizontal stone retaining walls and curved roof lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Craftsman lakeside vernacular
- Program
- Residential lake house
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- dark-shingle, stone, wood, glass, wrought-iron
- Visual identifiers
- dark-shingle-siding, curved-portico, stone-retaining-walls, white-trim
- Style tags
- craftsman, vernacular, traditional, residential
- Visual tags
- residential, lake-house, vernacular, balcony, gabled-roof
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical multi-gabled massing with terraced stone retaining walls stepping down a slope, accented by a central curved portico and second-floor balconies.
- Facade system
- Dark cedar shingle siding with white wood trim, multi-pane windows, and wrought-iron railings.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction over stone foundation walls.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, anchored by broad stone retaining walls and sweeping rooflines.
- Lighting
- Bright afternoon sunlight casting sharp shadows across the white trim, stone retaining walls, and dark siding.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, welcoming, and firmly rooted in a natural woodland setting.
- Environmental context
- Sloping lakeside property surrounded by mature deciduous and pine trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from a terraced landscape, the building presents layered outdoor living zones including covered porches and upper balconies framing views.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window groupings balanced against strong horizontal stone retaining walls and curved roof lines.
- Style reading
- Contemporary Craftsman lakeside vernacular
- Program
- Residential lake house
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture