Montana Beach House
An exceptional residential precedent showcasing a low-slung lakeside pavilion with deep roof overhangs, cantilevered decking, and heavy board-formed concrete elements glowing at twilight.
- What we like about this project
- The expansive cantilevered deck appears to float effortlessly above the sloping natural terrain without visible heavy vertical supports underneath.
Materials
- timber
- board-formed-concrete
- steel
- glass
- metal-mesh
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-deck
- board-formed-concrete-chimney
- deep-roof-eaves
- lakeside-pavilion
Style tags
- contemporary
- modernist
- regional
- rustic-modern
Visual tags
- dusk-photography
- waterfront
- residential
- timber-structure
- indoor-outdoor-connection
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilion massing with a prominent vertical concrete chimney piercing a deep-eaved flat roof and a cantilevered wooden deck extending over the sloping terrain toward the water.
- Facade system
- Floor-to-ceiling steel-framed glass glazing set beneath deep timber-beamed roof overhangs.
- Structural guess
- Steel post-and-beam frame supporting timber roof planes, anchored by massive concrete shear walls and chimney core.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential pavilion scale, emphasizing horizontal extension over the landscape.
- Lighting
- Ambient blue-hour dusk sky contrasted against warm, downlit roof overhangs, perimeter deck lights, and glowing interior spaces.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, with cozy interior and perimeter warmth contrasting against the cool twilight wilderness.
- Environmental context
- Lakeside wilderness setting surrounded by mature evergreen trees and distant mountains under a twilight sky.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture bridges dense forest and open water, offering a sheltered, warmly lit transitional deck that frames the wide lake horizon at twilight.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal roof lines and deck railings counterbalanced by the strong verticality of the central chimney and surrounding evergreen trunks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernist mountain architecture
- Program
- Waterfront residential vacation home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, board-formed-concrete, steel, glass, metal-mesh
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-deck, board-formed-concrete-chimney, deep-roof-eaves, lakeside-pavilion
- Style tags
- contemporary, modernist, regional, rustic-modern
- Visual tags
- dusk-photography, waterfront, residential, timber-structure, indoor-outdoor-connection
- Geometry
- Low-slung pavilion massing with a prominent vertical concrete chimney piercing a deep-eaved flat roof and a cantilevered wooden deck extending over the sloping terrain toward the water.
- Facade system
- Floor-to-ceiling steel-framed glass glazing set beneath deep timber-beamed roof overhangs.
- Structural guess
- Steel post-and-beam frame supporting timber roof planes, anchored by massive concrete shear walls and chimney core.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential pavilion scale, emphasizing horizontal extension over the landscape.
- Lighting
- Ambient blue-hour dusk sky contrasted against warm, downlit roof overhangs, perimeter deck lights, and glowing interior spaces.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, with cozy interior and perimeter warmth contrasting against the cool twilight wilderness.
- Environmental context
- Lakeside wilderness setting surrounded by mature evergreen trees and distant mountains under a twilight sky.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture bridges dense forest and open water, offering a sheltered, warmly lit transitional deck that frames the wide lake horizon at twilight.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal roof lines and deck railings counterbalanced by the strong verticality of the central chimney and surrounding evergreen trunks.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernist mountain architecture
- Program
- Waterfront residential vacation home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture