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The west elevation facing the lake through a woodland setting.
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The "tower" and north-west facing corner window.
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View of the "tower" from below.
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View of the south gable end window.
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Northern white cedar "novelty" cut siding with mitered corners.
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A detail of the fine craftmanship that went into finishing the exterior.
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North-west corner window viewed from the interior.
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Ground Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Framing Plan
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Wall Section
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Located in one
of the world's most beautiful and secretive places on a small
island in Lake Champlain, the Island House is
intended as a retreat for a couple who want to live closely to
nature. Influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian
houses and based on a traditional Japanese plan, the building
is designed as a series of inter-connected units with public
and private spaces, a guest wing, a meditation hut, and a
tower. The Island House uses a
post-and-stresskin panel construction technique which allowed
the building to be assembled like a kit. Each panel was
pre-cut to size, with window and door openings, before being
brought out by boat to the site, then re-assembled on a post
& joist frame set on a pier foundation.
While the interior finishing of the Island House is on-going, the slides above give a view to select drawings and a finely crafted exterior. Scroll through the filmstrip below to follow the context, design and construction. |
