The Edwards Residence by Cutler Anderson Architects
The Seattle, Washington based Cutler Anderson Architects was given a modest budget to design a home for a family of four on a relatively tight, wooded, suburban lot, which is adjacent to a small suburban park. In order to reduce costs, the building was designed to both fit on the land as a single object with a minimum of surface area, and to orient all of the living spaces toward the adjacent park.
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Photography by Art Grice
Visit the website of Cutler Anderson Architects – here.
Chris in RVA on 05 Jan 2009 at 8:41 am #
Modest budget?!?
By whose standards?
eric on 05 Jan 2009 at 9:58 am #
Not our standards, Chris, not ours.
Mycroft on 05 Jan 2009 at 12:49 pm #
I guess the same one who calls that a relatively tight lot.
BMG on 05 Jan 2009 at 4:20 pm #
I would like to be that ‘Modest’
Great house though.
Dave on 05 Jan 2009 at 4:26 pm #
It’s modest by Cutler Anderson’s standards, who typically design larger and more complicated homes.
The house looks like it’s only around 2000 square feet of floor space. It’s basically a simple rectangular box on a flat lot, with a standard peaked roof, and it doesn’t look like it has a basement. Also, the flooring in the living room appears to just be the concrete foundation. There are a number of design decisions which were probably chosen to keep costs down (ie: modest).
Where they probably spent a little extra was the post and beam work, the wood frame windows, and the custom fireplace and chimney.
Rosie on 06 Jan 2009 at 4:32 pm #
Gorgeous inside but I don’t like the plain rectangular shape of the exterior.
Alan Scott on 06 Jan 2009 at 6:19 pm #
Considering the small size of the lot, it’s unlikely the house could be anything other than a rectangle.
Besides, what’s wrong with rectangular houses?
kast on 06 Jan 2009 at 9:50 pm #
modest but looks sublime for me ….its great to have a house that have a warm touch…
Alan Scott on 07 Jan 2009 at 3:51 pm #
I love Cutler Anderson’s work.
Shelly on 11 Jan 2009 at 12:52 am #
I’d be curious to see what the bedrooms look like. It seems that a lot of the interior space has been displayed, which maybe means tiny bedrooms?
holz on 28 Feb 2009 at 6:35 pm #
cutler anderson’s not based out of seattle, but across the puget on bainbridge island, in the hamlet of winslow.
plan here:
http://2008honorawards.aiaseattle.org/sites/default/files/2008entry/user_96/EdwardsResidence_02_0.jpg
that lot is not small, either.