Lake Barcroft House by Robert Gurney Architect
The Lake Barcroft house departs from the “sea of sameness”, incorporating a large glass entry space and modern and durable exterior materials.
The Lake Barcroft house departs from the “sea of sameness”, incorporating a large glass entry space and modern and durable exterior materials.
Nestled in the rolling hills of Portland’s Hillsdale neighborhood, the Tripod House emphasizes its wooded surroundings through the use of glass thresholds and stunning outdoor living spaces.
Our clients, a couple with 3 children, had purchased a triangular, wooded, corner lot on high ground in Amagansett, NY and contacted us to explore means of building a house for their summer and year-round-weekend use.
Rising on metal legs above a forested hill, the five-bedroom Peek-a-Boo Cabin faces a lake. A series of transitional spaces—exterior stairs, a deck, and an open breezeway—carve into and project out from the clean horizontal form
The Elevated Camp House is a four-season lakeside retreat for a family of five and is comprised of a 2,733 s.f. residence and a 382 s.f. guest cabin, linked via an elevated boardwalk.
The presented challenge was to design two single-family dwellings and two accessory dwelling units, each with private outdoor spaces and parking, all on a compact footprint to fit a tight urban lot.
The ZN Prototype House was designed as a kit of parts that could easily be erected on any site. We developed this concept after receiving a lot of interest in our design for the LM Guest House (completed in 2012).
The O Street townhouses reflect our most sincere interests in the studio with regards to urban revitalization. Encompassing an entire block of O Street between 25th and 26th Streets, these townhouses were originally built in 1874.