This home is in a rural area. The client was wanting a home reminiscent of those built by the auto barons of Detroit decades before. The home focuses on a nature area enhanced and expanded as part of this property development. The water feature, with its surrounding woodland and wetland areas, supports wild life species and was a significant part of the focus for our design. We orientated all primary living areas to allow for sight lines to the water feature. This included developing an underground pool room where its only windows looked over the water while the room itself was depressed below grade, ensuring that it would not block the views from other areas of the home. The underground room for the pool was constructed of cast-in-place architectural grade concrete arches intended to become the decorative finish inside the room. An elevated exterior patio sits as an entertaining area above this room while the rear yard lawn conceals the remainder of its imposing size. A skylight through the grass is the only hint at what lies below. Great care was taken to locate the home on a small open space on the property overlooking the natural area and anticipated water feature. We nestled the home into the clearing between existing trees and along the edge of a natural slope which enhanced the design potential and functional options needed for the home. The style of the home not only fits the requirements of an owner with a desire for a very traditional mid-western estate house, but also its location amongst other rural estate lots. The development is in an area dotted with large homes amongst small orchards, small farms, and rolling woodlands. Materials for this home are a mixture of clay brick and limestone for the exterior walls. Both materials are readily available and sourced from the local area. We used locally sourced northern oak wood for the interior trim. The black cherry trees that were removed were utilized as hardwood flooring for the home we designed next door. Mechanical systems were carefully designed to obtain a high level of efficiency. The pool room has a separate, and rather unique, heating system. The heat recovered as part of the dehumidification and cooling process is re-directed to maintain the water temperature in the pool. This process allows what would have been wasted heat energy to be re-captured and utilized. We carefully designed this system as a negative pressure room to control both humidity and ensure that odors from the pool would not be detectable in the house. The underground character of the pool room also allowed it to be highly insulated and sealed for high energy efficiency. The disadvantage was a sacrifice on natural day lighting around the entire room. A commercial skylight, with reflective coatings, was added through the lawn-covered roof. The skylight added a lot of natural daylight and was a natural chase to recover warm humid air and supply new cooled and dehumidified air back into the enclosed space below. Landscaping was restored with primarily native plant and tree materials, which required little long term maintenance. The dedicated nature area is thriving with more wildlife than originally on site when the property was undeveloped. It is rare to be on site and to not see numerous wild turkey, white tail deer, waterfowl and small animals native to the area. This home provides a good example of how the needs of a luxury estate style home can nestle comfortably into an existing environment and ensure that the natural setting is not only maintained but protected for future generations.

Glowing white onyx wall and vanity in the Powder. Kim Pritchard Photography
ロサンゼルスにあるラグジュアリーな広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、一体型トイレ 、白いタイル、石スラブタイル、大理石の床、ベッセル式洗面器、オニキスの洗面台、ベージュの床) の写真

The powder room also got an update, since we had to move the entry door to make room for the master bath expansion.
シアトルにある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、緑の壁、コルクフローリング、一体型シンク) の写真

他の地域にある高級な中くらいなトロピカルスタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (シェーカースタイル扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、マルチカラーのタイル、緑の壁、無垢フローリング、タイルの洗面台、茶色い床、マルチカラーの洗面カウンター、オーバーカウンターシンク) の写真

Photo of guests bathroom
他の地域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トイレ・洗面所 (家具調キャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、一体型トイレ 、黒いタイル、セラミックタイル、黒い壁、セラミックタイルの床、ペデスタルシンク、木製洗面台、黒い床) の写真

トロントにある中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (オーバーカウンターシンク、茶色いキャビネット、落し込みパネル扉のキャビネット) の写真

大阪にあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、グレーのタイル、木製洗面台、黒い洗面カウンター、フローティング洗面台) の写真

他の地域にあるおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (インセット扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、合板フローリング、人工大理石カウンター、ベージュの床) の写真

French glazed walls adorn the high formal powder room in this traditional home.
アトランタにある高級な中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (レイズドパネル扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、黄色い壁、無垢フローリング、御影石の洗面台、茶色い床、黒い洗面カウンター、独立型洗面台) の写真

他の地域にあるお手頃価格の中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (茶色いキャビネット、一体型トイレ 、ベージュの壁、アンダーカウンター洗面器、木製洗面台、黒い洗面カウンター、造り付け洗面台、板張り壁) の写真

大阪にあるモダンスタイルのおしゃれなトイレ・洗面所 (フラットパネル扉のキャビネット、茶色いキャビネット、グレーのタイル、木製洗面台、黒い洗面カウンター、フローティング洗面台) の写真