Hood Canal Boat House

Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden

HOOD CANAL BOAT HOUSE

Hoedemaker Pfeiffer

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
United States

LANDSCAPE
Leuner Landscape Designs

INTERIOR DESIGN
Garrett Cord Werner

CATEGORY
Houses

CONTRACTOR
Fairbank Construction

PHOTOGRAPHS
Alex Hayden

Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden
Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden

This building is the reimagination of an existing boathouse that had no windows, one door, and no charm.

Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden
Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden

It is conceived as a building that can turn itself inside out, offering a protective layer of concrete and steel to the outside with the warmth of marine plywood on the inside.

The oversized sliding doors extend well beyond the building to create sheltered spaces facing both sunrise and sunset.

Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden
Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden

The retractable ladder allows the building to be used as winter boat storage and summer loft sleeping.


Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden
Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden
Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden
Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden
Hood Canal Boat House
© Alex Hayden


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