Lazor / Office

Kiss House

Kiss House

Lazor Office

Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde
Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde

ARCHITECTS
Lazor Office

ARCHITECT OF RECORD
Gregory Design Group

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Charlie Lazor

MANUFACTURERS
Bathed-in-wood, Stratford Homes, Wd Flooring

PHOTOGRAPHS
Peter Vondelinde

LOCATION
Canada

AREA
2000 Ft²

YEAR
2013

CATEGORY
Houses

Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde

Text description provided by architect.

Perched above the bedrock at the shore of a remote Canadian lake, the cedar-clad Kennedy House takes formal cues from driftwood.

The three-bedroom house, dock house, garage, and walled vegetable garden are linked by a series of wood walkways and decks.

Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde
Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde

At the “kiss line” between two prefabricated modules, the lineal form of the house snaps like a branch held together only by bark. The open break forms a V-shaped outdoor room facing the water.

The walls frame a courtyard like a clearing in the forested area along the shore.

Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde
Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde

While the garage and garden doors blend into the wood, the main entry interrupts it with an irregularly shaped sheet of glass, as though the surface has begun to tear at the kiss line.

Floor-to-ceiling, full-length glass on the lakeside façades of both modules allows each to present a distinct, expansive view of the lake and its islands. Being inside the house feels like floating over the water.

Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde
Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde
Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde

The organization and details of the interior living space reinforce the sense of openness established by the glass.

The kitchen counter is shifted slightly back from the glass, a thin slab of back-cut soapstone forms a dining island, and the fireplace is transparent on three sides.

Polished teak surfaces continue from the walls and ceiling of the master bathroom to the counter, sink, and tub.

Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde
Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde
Kiss House
© Peter VonDeLinde

Private living spaces occupy the far ends of the modules, where the end walls angle toward the tree canopy.


Kiss House
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Kiss House
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