The Bluff

Seattle, Washington

     

    The Bluff

    Description:
    An in-city retreat, situated on a low bluff over-looking the Salish Sea, the design team responded to the clients desire for this home to meld with the surrounding landscape. Muscular in its construction with substantial concrete and steel elements the home burrows into the hillside, with more than half the structure below ground, greatly reducing its scale.

    Interiors celebrate board form concrete, unadorned structural steel and reclaimed finishes including surfaces clad in beetle-kill pine. The great room two story volume focuses the view to the west, across the bay to the Olympic mountain range beyond.

    A solar array, ground source heat and cooling system, planted roofs and significant portions of the building built in-ground help lower energy consumption.

    Location:
    Seattle, Washington

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    Architect:
    Deforest Architects: John Deforest, Melissa Nordquist, Geoff Briggs
    www.deforestarchitects.com

    Interiors:
    Lucas Design
    www.lucasinterior.com
    NB Design
    www.nbdesigngroup.net

    Landscape Architect:
    Atelier PS Landscape Architecture Urbanism, Charles Anderson
    www.charlesanderson.com

    Photography:
    Benjamin Benschneider Photography
    www.benschneiderphoto.com

     

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