The Burnett Residence by Finne Architects
Architect Nils Finne designed this house in the Seattle, Washington suburb of Redmond. The 4225 square foot, 4 bedroom/3.5 bathroom house is mostly wood, steel, and glass, and makes excellent use of natural light.
Read more about the house in an article from the Seattle Times – here.
Visit the Finne Architects website – here.
Photos by Benjamin Benschneider
Shawn on 14 Sep 2008 at 6:49 pm #
Holy shit, that’s a lot of wood.
Grimbo on 15 Sep 2008 at 12:14 am #
too much wood for my liking and way too much detail with all the expoed beams etc. I like the look of the outside and the scale of the rooms etc just the whole sauna thing doesn’t work for me
catsmiler on 31 Oct 2008 at 11:06 am #
Probably sounds like an echo chamber in the living room/kitchen area….I agree with the other posters, way too much exposed wood…a nice contrast would have been a slate floor with warm throw rugs to soften up the clunky wood feel…the exterior has a wonderful flow, very inviting..
friedlinx on 31 Oct 2008 at 6:33 pm #
photoshopped…you can tell
Erin on 31 Oct 2008 at 6:38 pm #
These are photos by Benjamin Benschneider…you can check his website at http://www.benschneiderphoto.com
Mark Peterson on 31 Oct 2008 at 10:30 pm #
The place looks divine. The steel with wood is done in a way I haven’t seen before; fabulous. The place is shown ultimately clean and that’s how ‘show’ photos are. They don’t look homey and they don’t look ‘lived in’. The place looks pretty dramatic to me. I’d like a walk through.
anna on 01 Nov 2008 at 6:58 pm #
photoshopped? are we a little bitter that we don’t have a house like this? it’s beautiful.
BPM on 05 Nov 2008 at 3:35 am #
Awesome. Perfect.
jacko on 05 Nov 2008 at 9:19 am #
not bad, personally i think the steel takes away from the building, im sure they had their reasons. one of those photos looks a bit wright-ish .. but i guess if i say that im saying all buildings with stone chimneys do ..
Crys on 05 Nov 2008 at 12:16 pm #
Love it! I’d move there in a second.
Melissa Hedwall on 05 Nov 2008 at 6:22 pm #
I love the house. I adore all the wood. However, I enjoy my privacy and this would make me feel way to exposed – even if it is in the middle of the forest.
BluSTi on 07 Nov 2008 at 9:16 am #
Meh. As a timber framer, that place looks too busy and the great room looks friggin ridiculous. Looks like a pain in the ass to build too.
ELT on 07 Nov 2008 at 9:22 pm #
I visited the summer home of a (very wealthy) friend in Maine some years ago; the layout and style was very similar. While you would think the common spaces would be very raucous, they weren’t; the high ceilings mitigated most of the reflected sound. The house was VERY homey; regardless of what room you were in downstairs, you felt as though you had access to everyone else, even if they were in a different space. As long as you like the people you are visiting with, the plan works.
Sazi on 08 Nov 2008 at 2:08 am #
What? No blinds? No shutters?
The house may make “excellent use of natural light” but it gives no escape from it. Handsome as it is, one can’t see this house with children, the elderly or, in fact, anyone with a hangover.
Colt on 11 Nov 2008 at 11:57 am #
Shades of Wright. We’ve got loads of this eco-chic in Idaho. No one seems to have integrated the homes into the landscape thoughtfully, though.
Sprightly feel and gorgeous use of space. Love the open common areas.
JULIO on 25 Nov 2008 at 5:46 pm #
WAOOOW THAT’S SUCH A NICE HOUSE, OPEN SPACES AND BIG WIDOWS THAT FEELS LIKE NATURE PENETRATES INTO THE HOSUE, NICE DESIGN
Ryan Bowlin on 30 Nov 2008 at 6:05 pm #
looks cold : too much up keep too, clear coat will peel away due to the sun