Orcas Island, Washington, United States
Heliotrope Architects
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Sean Airhart |
The Loop Residence is a new home situated on a rock outcropping several hundred feet above the ocean. A simple plan utilizing wood frames and a
prefabricated roof structure,
Heliotrope Architects designed a memorable residence with pristine views.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Sean Airhart |
This residence is situated on its site with a western view across the
San Juan Islands. It is constructed of a prefabricated steel moment-frame roof structure with conventional wood-framed ‘boxes’ floating beneath it.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Sean Airhart |
Exterior walls consist of a custom site-built teak and cedar
curtainwall system, with the ‘boxes’ clad in fir milled on the property.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Sean Airhart |
Other primary materials include a fir-slat ceiling milled on the property, flagstone floors and stone walls. The owners are building and landscaping the home themselves, with help from assorted highly-talented island craftspeople.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Sean Airhart |
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| floor plan--drawing Courtesy of Heliotrope Architects |
The people
Architects: Heliotrope Architects
Location: Orcas Island, Washington, United States
Structural: Swenson Say Faget
Project Area: 2,400 sqf
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Sean Airhart
