LOOP RESIDENCE
Heliotrope Architects
ARCHITECTS
Heliotrope Architects
AREA
2400.0 m2
LOCATION
United States
CATEGORY
Houses
YEAR
2010
PHOTOGRAPHS
Sean Airhart
Text description provided by architect.
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.
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.
Exterior walls consist of a custom site-built teak and cedar curtainwall system, with the ‘boxes’ clad in fir milled on the property.
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.
