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Lake Cove Residence in Seattle
Washington Waterfront Home, USA – design by Stuart Silk Architects
Nov 27, 2019
Lake Cove Residence, WA
Design: Stuart Silk Architects
Location: Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Lake Cove Residence

This Lake Washington waterfront home is situated on a tranquil tree-lined property in the Washington Park neighborhood of Seattle. It enjoys sweeping views of Mt. Rainier and the Cascade Mountains. The site borders a heavily landscaped street end, which provides a privacy buffer from the adjoining property to the south. The neighborhood includes both traditional homes from the first half of the last century and several recently built modern homes.
The clients share an appreciation of traditional and contemporary architecture and wanted their new home to capture aspects of both.

The design merges these divergent sensibilities into its own distinctive expression. Inspired by several traditional homes nearby, a gabled roof was selected as the starting point for design. A traditional form, the gabled house serves for many as the definitive image of home.

To create a fresh, contemporary look, familiar details often associated with traditional homes, such as overhanging eaves, were stripped away and minimized and replaced with modern materials, including painted steel windows and zinc roofing. The steep, twelve-and-twelve pitch of the main gable ...