This was an interesting project. The client worked with one of our preferred interior designers. The house was a contemporary design and had a very open floor plan. Whichever way you turned in this house there was always 2-3 walls in different rooms in your line of sight. We came up with a plan that all walls which were in the line of sight of each other would be painted all the same color. Most rooms ended up having 3-4 colors but it worked amazingly well. This was one of my favorite projects because of the challenges involved and having to think outside the box. I love the bold colors and crisp clean paint lines. What a transformation.

A cosy TV /living space combining rich deep blue walls with a contrasting light grey Chaise Longue sofa. Using pops of bright colours from the soft furnishing to bring vibrance to the space and to compliment the contrasts of light and dark tones.

l’appartamento si trova in una casa storica e per questo motivo non era possibile modificare le struttura originaria della pianta, le altezze e lo spazio del secondo piano. Abbiamo deciso di definire lo spazio con il colore, consegnando volume e dinamicità. Il corrimano è stato da noi progettato secondo nostri disegni in continuità con le geometrie dell’appartamento.

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他の地域にある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (青い壁、セラミックタイルの床) の写真

La diagonale des peintures est identique à celle du papier peint pour le rappeler. Deux tables basses gigognes et le canapé sont en harmonie avec le camaïeu de vert de l'appartement. Une Verrière marque l'entrée de la cuisine. Photographe Girard Mathieu

ミネアポリスにある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型リビング (ミュージックルーム、マルチカラーの壁、無垢フローリング、暖炉なし、壁掛け型テレビ) の写真

ナントにある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (マルチカラーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング) の写真

The clients called me on the recommendation from a neighbor of mine who had met them at a conference and learned of their need for an architect. They contacted me and after meeting to discuss their project they invited me to visit their site, not far from White Salmon in Washington State. Initially, the couple discussed building a ‘Weekend’ retreat on their 20± acres of land. Their site was in the foothills of a range of mountains that offered views of both Mt. Adams to the North and Mt. Hood to the South. They wanted to develop a place that was ‘cabin-like’ but with a degree of refinement to it and take advantage of the primary views to the north, south and west. They also wanted to have a strong connection to their immediate outdoors. Before long my clients came to the conclusion that they no longer perceived this as simply a weekend retreat but were now interested in making this their primary residence. With this new focus we concentrated on keeping the refined cabin approach but needed to add some additional functions and square feet to the original program. They wanted to downsize from their current 3,500± SF city residence to a more modest 2,000 – 2,500 SF space. They desired a singular open Living, Dining and Kitchen area but needed to have a separate room for their television and upright piano. They were empty nesters and wanted only two bedrooms and decided that they would have two ‘Master’ bedrooms, one on the lower floor and the other on the upper floor (they planned to build additional ‘Guest’ cabins to accommodate others in the near future). The original scheme for the weekend retreat was only one floor with the second bedroom tucked away on the north side of the house next to the breezeway opposite of the carport. Another consideration that we had to resolve was that the particular location that was deemed the best building site had diametrically opposed advantages and disadvantages. The views and primary solar orientations were also the source of the prevailing winds, out of the Southwest. The resolve was to provide a semi-circular low-profile earth berm on the south/southwest side of the structure to serve as a wind-foil directing the strongest breezes up and over the structure. Because our selected site was in a saddle of land that then sloped off to the south/southwest the combination of the earth berm and the sloping hill would effectively created a ‘nestled’ form allowing the winds rushing up the hillside to shoot over most of the house. This allowed me to keep the favorable orientation to both the views and sun without being completely compromised by the winds.

A cosy TV room combining rich navy walls with a contrasting light cream Chaise Longue sofa. Using pops of bright colours from the soft furnishing to bring vibrance to the space and to compliment the contrasts of light and dark tones.

ナントにある中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなリビング (マルチカラーの壁、淡色無垢フローリング) の写真