This house for an art collecting couple is located on a narrow 50’ wide site that leads to a low bank sandy beach. The two story plan is extended like a French baguette, and then sliced on angles to create a few strategically placed gaps in along the way, creating light-filled courtyard gardens. The length of the house makes for a large amount of gallery-like wall space for a substantial collection of paintings and Northwest glass art. The natural palette is made up of vertical tongue and groove cedar siding, galvanized steel, grey stonework, and a grey metal roof. A large sliding pocket door opens the interior great room out to a large deck, a foreground of shore grass, and the beach beyond. The master suite is set above with a steel balcony looking out to the water.
Bainbridge Island, Washington - 2019