The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment. The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home. Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition. The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions. The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns. Overview: Elm Grove Size: 2,800 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Completion Date: September 2014 Services: Architecture, Landscape Architecture Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design

The cottage is snug against tandem parking and the cedar grove to the west, leaving a generous yard. Careful consideration of window openings between the two houses maintains privacy for each. Weathering steel panels will patina to rich oranges and browns.

Guest House entry door. Image by Stephen Brousseau.
Свежая идея для дизайна: маленький, одноэтажный, коричневый частный загородный дом в стиле лофт с облицовкой из металла, односкатной крышей и металлической крышей для на участке и в саду - отличное фото интерьера

Emma Wood
Идея дизайна: маленький, двухэтажный, деревянный, коричневый дом в стиле рустика с двускатной крышей для на участке и в саду

The guesthouse of our Green Mountain Getaway follows the same recipe as the main house. With its soaring roof lines and large windows, it feels equally as integrated into the surrounding landscape. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

Mark Hoyle
Стильный дизайн: маленький, трехэтажный, коричневый дом в стиле кантри с облицовкой из винила для на участке и в саду - последний тренд

Anne B.
Источник вдохновения для домашнего уюта: маленький, одноэтажный, коричневый дом в современном стиле с облицовкой из ЦСП для на участке и в саду

Canted wall and sloped roof bring interest to the otherwise simple volumes. Photo: Prakash Patel
Свежая идея для дизайна: маленький, двухэтажный, деревянный, коричневый дом в стиле модернизм для на участке и в саду - отличное фото интерьера

This renovation transformed a Venice bungalow that many thought to be a teardown into a bright and open cottage by the beach.
Пример оригинального дизайна: маленький, коричневый дом в современном стиле для на участке и в саду

Свежая идея для дизайна: маленький, деревянный, коричневый, трехэтажный дом в стиле рустика с двускатной крышей для на участке и в саду - отличное фото интерьера

Идея дизайна: маленький, одноэтажный, коричневый дом в классическом стиле с облицовкой из винила и двускатной крышей для на участке и в саду

Стильный дизайн: маленький, одноэтажный, деревянный, коричневый дом в стиле неоклассика (современная классика) для на участке и в саду - последний тренд

Matt Powell
Пример оригинального дизайна: маленький, трехэтажный, деревянный, коричневый дом в стиле рустика с двускатной крышей для на участке и в саду

Peter Peirce
Стильный дизайн: деревянный, маленький, одноэтажный, коричневый частный загородный дом в стиле модернизм с металлической крышей для на участке и в саду - последний тренд

На фото: маленький, двухэтажный, деревянный, коричневый частный загородный дом в стиле рустика с двускатной крышей и крышей из гибкой черепицы для на участке и в саду

Project Overview: This modern ADU build was designed by Wittman Estes Architecture + Landscape and pre-fab tech builder NODE. Our Gendai siding with an Amber oil finish clads the exterior. Featured in Dwell, Designmilk and other online architectural publications, this tiny project packs a punch with affordable design and a focus on sustainability. This modern ADU build was designed by Wittman Estes Architecture + Landscape and pre-fab tech builder NODE. Our shou sugi ban Gendai siding with a clear alkyd finish clads the exterior. Featured in Dwell, Designmilk and other online architectural publications, this tiny project packs a punch with affordable design and a focus on sustainability. “A Seattle homeowner hired Wittman Estes to design an affordable, eco-friendly unit to live in her backyard as a way to generate rental income. The modern structure is outfitted with a solar roof that provides all of the energy needed to power the unit and the main house. To make it happen, the firm partnered with NODE, known for their design-focused, carbon negative, non-toxic homes, resulting in Seattle’s first DADU (Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit) with the International Living Future Institute’s (IFLI) zero energy certification.” Product: Gendai 1×6 select grade shiplap Prefinish: Amber Application: Residential – Exterior SF: 350SF Designer: Wittman Estes, NODE Builder: NODE, Don Bunnell Date: November 2018 Location: Seattle, WA Photos courtesy of: Andrew Pogue

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На фото: маленький, одноэтажный, деревянный, коричневый частный загородный дом в скандинавском стиле с односкатной крышей и металлической крышей для на участке и в саду с

The guesthouse of our Green Mountain Getaway follows the same recipe as the main house. With its soaring roof lines and large windows, it feels equally as integrated into the surrounding landscape. Photo by: Nat Rea Photography

Genevieve Garrupo
Пример оригинального дизайна: маленький, одноэтажный, деревянный, коричневый дом в современном стиле с плоской крышей для на участке и в саду