Forest Retreat
This island home off the coast of Victoria is nestled deep in the forest, with sweeping views of blue water. The guest house and “game shack” pictured here are two of multiple buildings connected by wooden boardwalks, which combine with floor-to-ceiling windows and an all-wood interior to blur the boundary between indoors and outdoors.
Grand Barn
Portfolio project details
This grand “barn,” sitting almost directly on the Hayward Fault, encloses 12,000 square feet on two levels, with a 2,400-square-foot deck. Classified as a Seismic Design Category E structure, its roof is supported between the gables by four 60’ clear-span trusses on 20’ centers, allowing for an airy 60’ x 100’ space upstairs. A single line of posts supports the floor mid-span on the lower level. The barn is clad in brick and stone, and topped with a copper roof.
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Project Partners
ARCHITECT: Arete Inc., Concord, CA
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Hinman Construction, Pleasanton, CA
ENGINEER: Fire Tower Engineered Timber, Delran, NJ
Bardy
A unique lodge style private residence set in an alpine Cedar forest with live edge Cedar logs and a massive stone fireplace. Over 10,000-square-feet of conditioned space.
Teanaway
This is a hipped roof cabin with a central monitor. 3,000-square-feet of conditioned space sits in a carefully landscaped garden.
WSU
Set at the main entrance to the WSU campus, the Elson S. Floyd Cultural Center’s design is a unique building form that references and flows across the surrounding Palouse landscape. There are no straight lines or right angles in the 14,694-square foot LEED Gold certified building.
Samish
A lakefront compound consisting of six structures: a 5,400-square-foot main house, two 900 square-foot detached garages, a 3,200 square-foot party barn, a 900 square-foot RV storage garage, and a 1,400 square-foot gate house.
Skylodge
With two rotundas affording wondrous views of the encircling Wasatch Range, this sky-high, 5,500-square-foot event center at the nation’s largest ski resort is comprised of modules based on 100- square-foot triangles, resulting in a geometric layout.
YMCA
The Kent, Washington YMCA is a 47,000-square-foot community and recreational center. This new building includes community meeting rooms, a demonstration kitchen for healthy eating programs and family support spaces for infants and children. Recreational resources include a lap pool, leisure pool, and spa/therapy pool, sports courts, an indoor track for social walking, and fitness studios. The building earned LEED Silver Certification.
LAKESIDE
A 9,550-square-foot waterfront residence combining the beauty of live timber with the stability of engineered wood. The house features a central core of double-height spaces between inner and outer courtyards with flanking wings. Columns and beams were made from grain-matched, glued and laminated Douglas fir timbers.