Sierra Valley House
A rural residential design featuring corrugated metal cladding, deep overhanging eaves, and protective window awnings set within a wooded landscape.
- What we like about this project
- Miniature corrugated metal awnings over the windows mimic the primary roof profile.
Materials
- corrugated-metal
- timber
- glass
- galvanized-steel
Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal-siding
- sloping-roof
- window-awnings
- timber-porch
Style tags
- contemporary
- rustic
- vernacular-modern
Visual tags
- rural-cabin
- corrugated-metal
- sloped-roof
- residential
- woodland
- Geometry
- Two-story rectangular massing topped with a single-pitch sloping gable roof and deep overhangs.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal rainscreen with wood-trimmed punched windows and separate protective metal awnings.
- Structural guess
- Wood-frame construction on a raised foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Small-scale two-story residential cabin tailored for rural or remote settings.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon golden hour sunlight casting long tree canopy shadows across the corrugated facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, peaceful woodland setting illuminated by dappled late-day sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Rural woodland clearing surrounded by mature deciduous trees and sparse ground vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an open clearing, the cabin reveals deeply shaded window hoods and an inviting side porch entry.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical metal corrugations offset by horizontal window bands and a projected side porch.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural cabin architecture
- Program
- Single-family rural residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- corrugated-metal, timber, glass, galvanized-steel
- Visual identifiers
- corrugated-metal-siding, sloping-roof, window-awnings, timber-porch
- Style tags
- contemporary, rustic, vernacular-modern
- Visual tags
- rural-cabin, corrugated-metal, sloped-roof, residential, woodland
- Geometry
- Two-story rectangular massing topped with a single-pitch sloping gable roof and deep overhangs.
- Facade system
- Corrugated metal rainscreen with wood-trimmed punched windows and separate protective metal awnings.
- Structural guess
- Wood-frame construction on a raised foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Small-scale two-story residential cabin tailored for rural or remote settings.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon golden hour sunlight casting long tree canopy shadows across the corrugated facade.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, peaceful woodland setting illuminated by dappled late-day sunlight.
- Environmental context
- Rural woodland clearing surrounded by mature deciduous trees and sparse ground vegetation.
- Spatial experience
- Approached across an open clearing, the cabin reveals deeply shaded window hoods and an inviting side porch entry.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical metal corrugations offset by horizontal window bands and a projected side porch.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural cabin architecture
- Program
- Single-family rural residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture