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Saturday, November 20, 2010

Wood Block Residence : By Chadbourne + Doss Architects

Mercer Island, WA, United States
Chadbourne + Doss Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
Located on the west side of Mercer Island, Washington, this house is a reconstruction of one of iconic Seattle architect Fred Bassetti’s earliest designs built in 1962. Fronting a busy street, we wanted to root the house to its sloping wooded site and provide a protective shelter for family life. The plan is opened up allowing for large family gathering spaces and perspectives throughout the full length of the house.
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider

Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider 
A new metal skin with interior cedar liner wraps over the roof and grounds the house to the site. An aluminum bar grating screen encloses an exterior patio and deck filtering interior views and forming a sparkling and diaphanous wall from the street. The entry approach is redesigned with a cantilevered concrete landing in a sunken courtyard and a 4’ x 11’ pivot door to the interior. Bathing spaces are ethereally bright, smooth and seamless. Materials throughout are natural but installed and crafted in an extremely crisp manner.
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider 
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider 
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider 
Mercer Island House © Benjamin Benschneider
Photo © Courtesy of Benjamin Benschneider
lower floor plan lower floor plan
lower floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Chadbourne + Doss Architects
main floor plan main floor plan
main floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Chadbourne + Doss Architects
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The people
Architects: Chadbourne + Doss
Location: Mercer Island, WA, United States
Project Area: 279 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Benjamin Benschneider

The product
Bathroom Equipment: Hastings, Duravit, Caesarstone, Newform, Vola
Verso 120 sink by Hastings
Starck tub by Duravit
Interior Counters: 2141 Blizzard by Caesarstone
Wellness Minimal shower by Newform
Faucets by Vola
Facades: Western Red Cedar, Blackened Steel
Powder-coated steel by Western Red Cedar
Interior Pantry Box Cladding by Blackened Steel
Floor: Ipe
Ground level Decking by Ipe
Furniture: Boloni
Interior Casework by Boloni
Joinery: Boloni, US Aluminum, Fleetwood Windows & Doors , Dorma, Evergreen House, Inc.
Interior Doors by Boloni
Entry Pivot Door by US Aluminum
Windows by Fleetwood Windows & Doors
Interior Sliding Doors by Dorma
Skylight by Evergreen House, Inc.
Sliding glass doors by Fleetwood Windows & Doors
Kitchen Equipment: Sub Zero, Gaggenau, MGS Designs, Miele, Blanco
700BR refrigerator by Sub Zero
Combo Steam ED 230-630RHD wall oven by Gaggenau
Vela Sink by MGS Designs
G2470SCVi dishwasher by Miele
736TCI refrigerator by Sub Zero
Induction CI 492-600 cooktop by Gaggenau
Sink – Precision, Faucet by Blanco
Mobile Partitions/Suspended Ceilings/Raised Floors: Western Red Cedarvia:archdialy
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