HOUSE ON A HILL

This home was sited atop of a prominent knoll on a circular plot of land, with views to Mt Baker, the Cascades, Bellevue, Mt Rainier, Lake Washington, Seattle, and the Olympic mountains.  The goal was to create a variety of spaces under one roof, each having a unique outlook to the surroundings views and landscape.  Artisanship is apparent in each of the lasting materials; slate roofs, copper flashings, laser-cut steel railings, Alaskan yellow cedar windows and woodwork, figured anigre´ and sycamore panels, and even a sink carved from a petrified log.  Stone terraces reach out into the surrounding gardens, featuring a waterfall, pond and a wide range of plantings.  The central glass-floored tower serves as an observation post to the surrounding northwest vistas.  Nearly everything in the home was a custom design, from the mosaics and stonework, to the light fixtures, to the marquetry flooring accents, to the custom metalwork. 

LOCATION
Kirkland, WA

COMPLETION
2002

CONTRACTOR
DowBuilt

LANDSCAPE
Brooks Kolb