Nick Lehoux
Port Townsend Residence, Port Townsend, Wash.
bohlin cywinski jackson
seattle
This house, on a bluff at the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula, is about the landscape: hiding it, revealing it, and fitting it in. The judges praised the “great entry sequence,” which allows a glimpse of the house from across a long meadow, before winding through dense forest to the parking court, and entering through a series of wood screens. Rustic and refined materials—reclaimed barn wood, black-stained cedar, and weathering steel—express each environmentally attuned volume and reduce the building’s scale.
Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA, likens the design to “agrarian buildings, which affect how we relate to the natural world.”
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Project Credits
principal in charge: Peter Q. Bohlin, FAIA, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
project manager: David Guthrie, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
general contractor: Pete Crocker, Crocker Construction, Seattle
landscape architect: Randy Allworth, Allworth Design, Seattle
project size: 2,805 square feet
site size: 6.1 acres
construction cost: Withheld
photography: Nic Lehoux
product details
bathroom fittings: Ann Sacks, www.annsacks.com, Waterworks, www.waterworks.com; bathroom fixtures: Kallista, www.kallista.com, Kohler, www.kohler.com, TOTO USA, www.totousa.com, Zuma, www.zumacollection.com; dishwasher: Bosch, www.bosch-home.com/us; doors: Lindal Cedar Homes, www.lindal.com, Simpson Door, www.simpsondoor.com; exterior siding: Parklex, www.parklex.com; garbage disposer: InSinkErator, www.insinkerator.com; hardware: Samuel Heath, www.samuel-heath.com, Sun Valley Bronze, www.sunvalleybronze.com; kitchen fittings: Rohl, www.rohlhome.com; kitchen fixtures: Kallista, www.kallista.com, Rohl, www.rohl.com; lighting fixtures: B-K Lighting, www.bklighting.com, Hevi Lite, www.hevilite.com, Juno Lighting Group, www.junolightinggroup.com; oven and range: GE, www.ge.com, Wolf, www.wolfappliance.com; paints/stains/wall finishes: Benjamin Moore, www.benjaminmoore.com; refrigerator: Sub-Zero, www.subzero.com; roofing: Nu-Ray Metals, www.nuraymetals.com; windows: Lindal Cedar Homes, www.lindal.com