Push_Push House
An alpine residential precedent featuring dynamic stacked volumes, warm wood soffits, and expansive overhangs designed for snowy climates.
- What we like about this project
- The central dark stucco volume anchors the shifting timber-sided cantilevered boxes above.
Materials
- wood
- stucco
- glass
- metal
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-roofs
- wood-siding
- dark-stucco
- corner-glazing
- snow-setting
Style tags
- contemporary
- mountain-modern
- regionalist
Visual tags
- alpine
- residential
- cantilever
- modernist
- wood-soffit
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-volume massing with projecting flat roofs and cantilevered decks stepping down a gentle slope.
- Facade system
- Horizontal wood siding paired with dark smooth stucco panels and extensive metal-framed glazing.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel moment connections supporting cantilevered decks and roofs.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale harmonizing with the surrounding mountain context.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight with subtle highlights on snow surfaces and warm wood soffits.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, quiet alpine atmosphere contrasting warm interior overhangs with cold winter snow.
- Environmental context
- Alpine clearing with deciduous trees, patchy snow cover, and distant mountain slopes.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the winter landscape through raised outdoor living terraces and expansive corner glazing framed by deep overhangs.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal roof planes intersecting vertical dark stucco piers and wood-clad bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mountain modern
- Program
- Single-family alpine residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- wood, stucco, glass, metal
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-roofs, wood-siding, dark-stucco, corner-glazing, snow-setting
- Style tags
- contemporary, mountain-modern, regionalist
- Visual tags
- alpine, residential, cantilever, modernist, wood-soffit
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-volume massing with projecting flat roofs and cantilevered decks stepping down a gentle slope.
- Facade system
- Horizontal wood siding paired with dark smooth stucco panels and extensive metal-framed glazing.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with steel moment connections supporting cantilevered decks and roofs.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale harmonizing with the surrounding mountain context.
- Lighting
- Soft overcast daylight with subtle highlights on snow surfaces and warm wood soffits.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, quiet alpine atmosphere contrasting warm interior overhangs with cold winter snow.
- Environmental context
- Alpine clearing with deciduous trees, patchy snow cover, and distant mountain slopes.
- Spatial experience
- The building engages the winter landscape through raised outdoor living terraces and expansive corner glazing framed by deep overhangs.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal roof planes intersecting vertical dark stucco piers and wood-clad bays.
- Style reading
- Contemporary mountain modern
- Program
- Single-family alpine residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture