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Hood Cliff Retreat in Washington
Rural Washington Cabin Buildings, North America – design by Wittman Estes Architecture+Landscape
Nov 26, 2019
Hood Cliff Retreat, WA
Design: Wittman Estes Architecture+Landscape
Location: Washington, USA

A series of family cabins hidden in the forest and overlooking Washington’s Hood Canal, the Hood Cliff Retreat is located on a 1.13-acre site atop a bluff on a wooded site on the western shore of Hood Canal in the Pacific Northwest.

?As avid bird watchers and naturalists, the clients wanted an indoor outdoor family retreat that would immerse them in the stillness of the forest and capture the delicate Washington sunlight and views toward Hood Canal and the Olympic Mountains to the west,? says architect Matt Wittman.
Built on the site in 1962, the original dark and opaque cedar cabin left the owners feeling cut off from nature, and they asked for a indoor outdoor retreat that would allow them to be closer to the land and also house an expanded program of three additional bedrooms and sleeping quarters for their extended family. The project has three elements: 1) The repurposed 20?x20? footprint of the original cabin, 2) the cabin addition, and 3) a new bunkhouse and bathroom to the north.

The clients had careers in hydrology and forestry (and had a deep love for trees, soils, and the richness of the natural world), and wildlif...