The house is situated on the hillside forest in the termination of a long winding road along the Chuckanut Mountain steep.  Only one location, a narrow ridge at the top of the property, provide a level building surface.  The tree line along the ridge is open to reveal stunning views of the San Juan Islands and Skagit Valley below.  Houses are inherent in the progress of the composition space along the spine of linear room – center is formed with a series of folded roof plane that surrounds the interior space and exterior space separately to determine.  The living room open to each other with large sliding doors and folding to create the necessary space and circulation to accommodate large groups of people.

After entering the house of a Japanese traditional entry- level classroom serves as a transition space where shoes and coats removed before stepping up to the wooden floor.  Visitors appointed to the northern quarters while the main road continues to the south.  Proceeding south, spine flanked by a series of rooms ( a hidden office, a side yard, exercise room, etc. ) and a group of sliding doors that open to reveal a variety of functions including offices, bars, and ladder Tansu China red.  Tansu It provides access to the bedroom suite above the cantilever.  In addition, because of respiratory problems with one owner, no frying or grilling in the kitchen, so the second work area with dual fuel range and sink are made behind the sliding glass panels and equipped with powerful ventilation. Photographs: Ben Benschneider, Diane Padys, Prentiss Architects Via {archdaily}.

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