Rosebrook Lodge
Rosebrook Lodge
Bull Stockwell Allen
ARCHITECTS
Bull Stockwell Allen
MEPFP ENGINEERING
Yeaton Associates
CONTRACTORS
Engelberth Construction Inc.
INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Truexcullins
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
Se Group
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
W.p. Moore
LIGHTING DESIGNERS
Mark Harris Lighting Studio
CIVIL ENGINEERING
Horizons Engineering
PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE
John Ashworth
PROJECT MANAGER
Chris Miller
TECHNICAL ARCHITECT
Dean Randle
PROJECT ARCHITECT
George Janson
CONTRACTOR
Chris Yandown
INTERIOR DESIGNER
Marc Desmet
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Adam Portz
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Janna Stover
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Mark Harris
FOOD SERVICES
Jedrziewski Designs, Ric Jedrziewski
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Michael Raiser Associates, Mark Raiser
PHOTOGRAPHS
Chris Westphalen, Mike Worthington
AREA
16352 Ft²
YEAR
2020
LOCATION
Bretton Woods, United States
CATEGORY
Lodging
Text description provided by architect.
Bretton Woods' 17,000 square foot Rosebrook Lodge perches on a mountainside overlooking New Hampshire's celebrated Presidential Range, a series of White Mountain peaks including the State's iconic 6,288-foot-high Mt. Washington.
Completed in July 2020, the building's blade-like form was informed by four constraints: the site's rugged topography, a U.S.
Forest Service boundary, existing skier traffic, and a new top-of-the-mountain gondola that was also a part of the project.
A curved floor-to-ceiling façade of wood and glass washes the interior with natural light. The simple, low-slope roof design eliminates icicles and sheds snow from all public-facing areas.
The upper level contains food service and an open hall serving skiers in the wintertime and as a destination-based venue for weddings and special events.
A double-height entry serves as a beacon, welcoming guests arriving from the gondola and visible from the historic Mount Washington Hotel below.
The lower level of the lodge contains the dramatic entry, a full-service restaurant, a café, guest restrooms, and the facility's back-of-house.
With the goal of bringing the outdoors in, the design team worked to ensure a seamless transition of timber, steel, stone, and glass, complementing the region's natural beauty in a manner that feels equal parts rustic and refined.
The building draws on the region's post-and-beam tradition, while creating a structure that is both fresh and contemporary.
Upper and lower-level patios further anchor the building to the mountain, thereby blurring the boundary between nature and the man-made.
To capture the site's 180-degree views, Rosebrook incorporates an innovative wood and timber "curtain wall."
Comprised of timber ladders and aluminum-clad wood nail fin windows, the system minimizes construction costs while addressing the extreme wind, water, and temperature variations characteristic of a high-Alpine environment.
