Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Project: Catskills House
Architects: J_spy Architecture
Location: White Lake, New York, United States
Completed 2017
Photography: Amanda Kirkpatrick

This house is designed as an escape from city life. With a tight budget, it is the size of a typical cabin at 900 sqft, but the design is high end and and modern. Three functional volumes clad in concrete block are organized around a main living space, where the family spends the majority of their time.

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

The Catskills house is environmentally sensitive through the use of an extremely efficient geothermal heat pump connected to a concrete radiant floor used for both heating and cooling. The metal clad volume creates overhangs for passive solar heating while creating 14′ ceilings on the interior.

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Retreat for Family in Upstate New York / J_spy Architecture

Catskills House Designed as an Escape from City Life

Retreat for Family in Upstate New York / J_spy Architecture

Retreat for Family in Upstate New York / J_spy Architecture

Retreat for Family in Upstate New York / J_spy Architecture

Retreat for Family in Upstate New York / J_spy Architecture

Retreat for Family in Upstate New York / J_spy Architecture

Retreat for Family in Upstate New York / J_spy Architecture

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