Exterior Designs
The same cedar decking from the boardwalk flows inside the house, creating an easy transition between the interior and exterior spaces. It also brings the feeling of being outside into the house, enhanced by the dappled shade from surrounding trees that dances on the walls and floors. The walls are clad in stained alder board, and clear cedar planks run along the ceiling. This marriage of different wood types adds texture, warmth and interest without overwhelming or cluttering the space.
n this photo we can see how the home also connects to the landscape through views. The dark interior allows the grasses and sycamore trees outside to pop in the interior living spaces, creating an almost painting-like effect. Deep roof overhangs pull in the landscape even more, and along with the building’s orientation protect the home from solar gain.
Elements like sliding glass doors, big pivot doors and oversize windows open up a home and connect it to the environment in a natural way. “In many ways, simply opening up the doors and windows will invite and allow a much more healthful interior environment,” Marmol said. “I think anything that allows us to see and physically leave our buildings and be in the landscape is positive.”
Universal Design.. We created a workbook that’s a series of questions and exercises to break down the typical conversations that an architect and a client have. This process is much more detailed and allows the client to take this workbook and spend what’s sometimes a week, sometimes three weeks, filling it out and thinking about their life, thinking about places they’ve lived before, special spaces they’ve experienced and also responding to more technical questions.
The Council Crest Residence is a renovation and addition to an early 1950s house built for inventor Karl Kurz, whose work included stereoscopic cameras and projectors. Designed by prominent local architect Roscoe Hemenway, the house was built with a traditional ranch exterior and a mid-century modern interior. It became known as “The View-Master House,” alluding to both the inventions of its owner and the dramatic view through the glass entry. Approached from a small neighborhood park, the home was re-clad maintaining its welcoming scale, with privacy obtained through thoughtful placement of translucent glass, clerestory windows, and a stone screen wall. The original entry was maintained as a glass aperture, a threshold between the quiet residential neighborhood and the dramatic view over the city of Portland and landscape beyond. At the south terrace, an outdoor fireplace is integrated into the stone wall providing a comfortable space for the family and their guests. Within the existing footprint, the main floor living spaces were completely remodeled. Raised ceilings and new windows create open, light filled spaces. An upper floor was added within the original profile creating a ...
This is a new build that I helped a long-time client in renting out. Built with efficiency and style in mind. Easy connections to Route 2, I-95 and the train, this easily blends the in-town feel of Lexington, solitude of a lovely suburban neighborhood & great access to the city. This modern masterpiece is beautiful AND it conforms to the latest European passive house building standards. German-designed windows w/the highest levels of thermal efficiency seal out the elements & bathe the interior spaces with natural light. A 3-story staircase w/glass windows gives stunning views of conservation land and is the centerpiece of the house. Radiant heat provides pleasant warmth all winter while green roofing and solar panels insulate and power the home—all contained within a passive-level thermal envelope, ventilated by the latest Zehnder air-exchange technology providing the very best in indoor air quality. The kitchen’s outfitted with top notch appliances: Miele dishwasher, Sub-Zero fridge, Sub-Zero wine fridge, Wolf induction cooktop plus oven.
We like the geometric variation.
Interesting design. More wood than we want.
Would like to see more material transitions but nice looking.
Back view. It's more than we need in overhang and design, but visually appealing.
Like materials and windows.
Take off the taller top floor and this could work in warmer colors.
I know we can't have windows everywhere due to weather, but this appeals to me for the view aspects.
One way the architects achieved the connection to the landscape and nodded to the midcentury history of the property is through the materials they used. They opted for simple, natural materials indoors and out that add a feeling of warmth to the clean, modernist space. Exposed cross-laminated timber panels span the ceiling, continuing outside to form large roof overhangs that shade the home. Large-format flagstone pavers cover the floors inside and out, blurring the lines between house and garden.
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