Clouds, drizzle, rain, snow or hail, in all its physical states water is related to sky. However, if we are requested to think about a [swimming] pool, our imagination automatically starts to dig into the ground. Seas, lakes, and ponds explain the reason we react in that direction: essentially, a pool fells like a piece of a lake.
This lakeside house is a private weekend residence, called Blue Lake Retreat, designed by Lake | Flato Architects in Marble Falls, Texas. Responding initially to the site’s steeply rising topography, a vertically structured house reveals itself as the obvious design for this lake house. Leveraging the home’s tall stature, living spaces culminate at the top floor,
Project: Pole Pass Retreat / Waterfront Retreat Location: San Juan Islands, Washington Design Principal: Tom Kundig / Olson Kundig Project Manager: Mark Olthoff Project Architect: Christopher Gerrick Interior Designer: Charlie Hellstern Staff: Megan Quinn Jordan Leppert Photographs: Benjamin Benschneider Pole Pass Retreat is an intimate waterfront retreat designed by Seattle-based Olson Kundig Studio. Description by
The project grew out of a house GG very particular commission. Our client, a middle-aged bachelor, wanted to build a weekend retreat in a clearing in a forest, on a property on the mountain.
