Modern Lodge on Weatherby Lake, North Kansas City Architecture Project, Real Estate Development
Modern Lodge on Weatherby Lake, Missouri
Feb 11, 2020
Modern Lodge
Architects: KEM STUDIO
Location: Weatherby Lake, North Kansas City, Missouri, USA

The Walsh?s work in the urban core but want to truly wind down when they head home and casually entertain friends. They purchased a waterfront lot on Weatherby Lake with the vision of creating a Modern Lodge.

The concept draws from the owners? passion as a commercial photographer and the process of capturing an experience with a still photo. The house is two simple platonic forms, one resting on the other, pulled apart to create an aperture to the lake.

The view is revealed once you enter the house, leaving the city behind and immersing yourself in lake living. The main public space is a wood-clad, two-story volume filled with light and the lake view. This is contrasted by a crisp, white stucco volume housing the private functions. The house is physically connected to the lake with large stones extracted from the site.
This project has won a Platinum A? Design Award and an Archilovers Best Project Award.

The owners had a vision of a ‘modern lodge.” They were excited about lakeside living and wanted to build a home that was comfortable and provided a go-to place for family and friends.

As a commercial photographer, one of the owners had an inspiration for the house from the process of capturing an experience with...