The homeowner says wistfully, “I call it the moon house. Whether it's a full moon or new moon, it is just absolutely beautiful. Because of all the windows and the openness of it, it just brings the starlight in, or it brings in the moonlight. It's just spectacular at all times of day.”

Silhouetted against a mountain backdrop that looks like an impressionistic painting, this clean, alpine influenced timber frame combines regional aesthetics and artisanal touches. The homeowner is an aesthete, and the home reflects her artistry in its design intent and functionality.

“If  you ask me, the house celebrates the love of the wood, and the structural elements are really  doing a great job combining the house structure with the beauty of the wood in a way that’s sound and, in a way where you can bring in kind of as many design elements as you want.”

Being a creative, the homeowner loves combining and using different types of substrates in her work, and in turn, her home. She has an affinity for wood, metal, and glasswork and says, “Those materials go through my artwork; I do fused glass, I absolutely love glasswork, and I love doing metalwork and combining the two. So, you see that [in the house] with the wood to the metal, to the stone, and to the glass, with all of the windows.”

Our friends at Mountain Home featured one of our favorite West Coast projects in a case study on their site.

https://www.mountainliving.com/a-modern-timber-frame-lakeside-cabin-in-south-central-oregon/

The New Energy Works team recently contributed our high craft abilities to raise an exceptional structure in Buffalo, NY. The Stuart Gellman Family Pavilion is phase one of Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo’s Pathways of Remembrance campaign. 

Kevin V. Connors, PE, AIA, CPHD,  and Principal of eco_logic STUDIO, architecture & engineering, PLLC says, “The whole concept of the original development of the project was to maximize a contact with nature for patients, families, and staff, so this, this project is kind of like it's like a trailhead or a boardwalk system that's going to go through the woods. The pavilion really helps to enhance that aspect of it.”

The landscape designer who was working with the center, Ben Hirsch from Beautiful River Landscape Design presented the conceptual architectural language that got the ideas started while eco_logic took over the design.

Conners says, “They desired a way to kind of develop the natural land that they have out there. They've got several acres of wetlands and woods and we kind of picked up where Hirsch left off and developed it into, kind of an architectural concept, as well as the siting and the size of it.”

“It’s a really tight spot. We had to work outside of the wetland area. So, you know, we come right up to the wetland with we've got perimeter rain gardens and rain chains from the gutters going into the rain gardens and then that overflows into the wetlands at one of the corners of the building. They had some space behind the Wilson Center. We oriented the building 90 degrees to the Wilson Center. So, there's a clear kind of relationship there. And it provides enclosure for the outdoor space that wasn't there before.