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THE MODERN RESIDENCE
TOP, FACING PAGE TOP LEFT AND RIGHT: As the owner wanted to build their
home in sympathy with the ecological context to preserve the native habitat, we
prioritized every single Douglas fir in the design and artfully allowed the age-
old trees to "grow" through the home across the deck and patio spaces so they
became a theatre of evergreen against the ocean's colorful canvas. The outdoor
kitchen is concealed behind a vertically sliding panel in the wood frame on the
garden side of the home, where a cascading wooden deck floats over and into the
south court landscape.
Photographs by Brad Laughton and Andrew Dunbar
MIDDLE AND BOTTOM: A bird's eye view shows the home's two interconnected
buildings that protect and reinforce the stand of giant fir trees while accommodating
the hybrid design that's in harmony with the site.
FACING PAGE BOTTOM LEFT: The material palette for the raw concrete guest
house is inspired by the rocky beaches that form the site's shifting boundaries.
Here, a window detail forms a solstice clock set to the angle of the setting summer
solstice sun.
FACING PAGE BOTTOM RIGHT: Despite the extensive use of glass, the home is
virtually energy-neutral through the integration of a 7K-watt solar array plus the
heavy thermal mass of exposed concrete structural walls, allowing it to be grid-
independent in the event of major storms.
Photographs by Andrew Dunbar, INTERSTICE Architects
"Beauty is often found in distilling the complex."
–Andrew Dunbar
