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Vetter ArchitectsThe owners requested a Private Resort that catered to their love for entertaining friends and family, a place where 2 people would feel just as comfortable as 42. Located on the western edge of a Wisconsin lake, the site provides a range of natural ecosystems from forest to prairie to water, allowing the building to have a more complex relationship with the lake - not merely creating large unencumbered views in that direction. The gently sloping site to the lake is atypical in many ways to most lakeside lots - as its main trajectory is not directly to the lake views - allowing for focus to be pushed in other directions such as a courtyard and into a nearby forest.
The biggest challenge was accommodating the large scale gathering spaces, while not overwhelming the natural setting with a single massive structure. Our solution was found in breaking down the scale of the project into digestible pieces and organizing them in a Camp-like collection of elements:
- Main Lodge: Providing the proper entry to the Camp and a Mess Hall
- Bunk House: A communal sleeping area and social space.
- Party Barn: An entertainment facility that opens directly on to a swimming pool & outdoor room.
- Guest Cottages: A series of smaller guest quarters.
- Private Quarters: The owners private space that directly links to the Main Lodge.
These elements are joined by a series green roof connectors, that merge with the landscape and allow the out buildings to retain their own identity. This Camp feel was further magnified through the materiality - specifically the use of Doug Fir, creating a modern Northwoods setting that is warm and inviting. The use of local limestone and poured concrete walls ground the buildings to the sloping site and serve as a cradle for the wood volumes that rest gently on them. The connections between these materials provided an opportunity to add a delicate reading to the spaces and re-enforce the camp aesthetic.
The oscillation between large communal spaces and private, intimate zones is explored on the interior and in the outdoor rooms. From the large courtyard to the private balcony - accommodating a variety of opportunities to engage the landscape was at the heart of the concept.
Overview
Chenequa, WI
Size
Total Finished Area: 9,543 sf
Completion Date
May 2013
Services
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design
ddArchitectInspiration for a large and multi-coloured modern bungalow house exterior in San Francisco with mixed cladding and a lean-to roof.
Geoff BrownWhangapoua Beach House on the Coromandel Peninsula
Design ideas for a modern bungalow detached house in Auckland with a flat roof.
Design ideas for a modern bungalow detached house in Auckland with a flat roof.
ROBERT DAME DESIGNSBuilder: Sims Luxury Builders
This is an example of a beige and large modern two floor detached house in Houston with mixed cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.
This is an example of a beige and large modern two floor detached house in Houston with mixed cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.
Two Hawks Design and DevelopmentDesign ideas for a medium sized and white modern bungalow render house exterior in Phoenix with a flat roof.
Klopf Architecture
Klopf Architecture, Arterra Landscape Architects and Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground.
The owners wanted multi-generational living and larger spaces than the original home offered, but all parties agreed that the house should respect the neighborhood and blend in stylistically with the other Eichlers. At first the Klopf team considered re-using what little was left of the original home and expanding on it. But after discussions with the owner and builder, all parties agreed that the last few remaining elements of the house were not practical to re-use, so Klopf Architecture designed a new home that pushes the Eichler approach in new directions.
One disadvantage of Eichler production homes is that the house designs were not optimized for each specific lot. A new custom home offered the team a chance to start over. In this case, a longer house that opens up sideways to the south fit the lot better than the original square-ish house that used to open to the rear (west). Accordingly, the Klopf team designed an L-shaped “bar” house with a large glass wall with large sliding glass doors that faces sideways instead of to the rear like a typical Eichler. This glass wall opens to a pool and landscaped yard designed by Arterra Landscape Architects.
Driving by the house, one might assume at first glance it is an Eichler because of the horizontality, the overhanging flat roof eaves, the dark gray vertical siding, and orange solid panel front door, but the house is designed for the 21st Century and is not meant to be a “Likeler.” You won't see any posts and beams in this home. Instead, the ceiling decking is a western red cedar that covers over all the beams. Like Eichlers, this cedar runs continuously from inside to out, enhancing the indoor / outdoor feeling of the house, but unlike Eichlers it conceals a cavity for lighting, wiring, and insulation. Ceilings are higher, rooms are larger and more open, the master bathroom is light-filled and more generous, with a separate tub and shower and a separate toilet compartment, and there is plenty of storage. The garage even easily fits two of today's vehicles with room to spare.
A massive 49-foot by 12-foot wall of glass and the continuity of materials from inside to outside enhance the inside-outside living concept, so the owners and their guests can flow freely from house to pool deck to BBQ to pool and back.
During construction in the rough framing stage, Klopf thought the front of the house appeared too tall even though the house had looked right in the design renderings (probably because the house is uphill from the street). So Klopf Architecture paid the framer to change the roofline from how we had designed it to be lower along the front, allowing the home to blend in better with the neighborhood. One project goal was for people driving up the street to pass the home without immediately noticing there is an "imposter" on this lot, and making that change was essential to achieve that goal.
This 2,606 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Eichler-inspired new house is located in San Mateo in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Klara Kevane
Landscape Architect: Arterra Landscape Architects
Contractor: Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures
Photography ©2016 Mariko Reed
Location: San Mateo, CA
Year completed: 2016
Andrew Hinman ArchitecturePaul Bardagjy
Inspiration for a small and gey modern two floor house exterior in Austin with metal cladding.
Inspiration for a small and gey modern two floor house exterior in Austin with metal cladding.
BRIKS Design-Build GroupThis is an example of a large and beige modern detached house in Toronto with three floors, mixed cladding, a flat roof and a metal roof.
Moss BuildersModern Coastal Beach Home custom built by Moss Builders on Anna Maria Island.
Design ideas for a large and white modern detached house in Tampa with four floors.
Design ideas for a large and white modern detached house in Tampa with four floors.
Rob Bramhall ArchitectsRob Bramhall
Medium sized and white modern two floor render house exterior in Miami with a flat roof.
Medium sized and white modern two floor render house exterior in Miami with a flat roof.
Jordan Iverson Signature HomesThis is our take on a modern farmhouse. With mixed exterior textures and materials, we accomplished both the modern feel with the attraction of farmhouse style.
THREE SIXTY ONE Architecture, AIALarge and gey modern two floor house exterior in San Francisco with vinyl cladding and a pitched roof.
Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney ArchitectsThis modern house provides California-style indoor-outdoor living, creating strong connections to the outdoors with large expanses of glass interspersed with limestone masses.
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Reader & Swartz Architects, P.C.Inspiration for a medium sized and gey modern two floor house exterior in DC Metro with concrete fibreboard cladding and a pitched roof.
Guy Peterson Office for ArchitectureSteven Brooke Studios
This is an example of a white modern house exterior in Tampa.
This is an example of a white modern house exterior in Tampa.
Modern Turquoise House Exterior Ideas and Designs
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