The Backyard House by SHED
SHED have sent us photos of a recently completed house they’ve designed in Seattle, Washington.
From SHED:
Overlooking downtown Seattle and Elliott Bay, this home designed by SHED is at the same time modern, efficient, and livable. A blend of inspiring spaces and unique modern finishes with strategically placed glass walls that bring the outdoors in while maintaining a sense of privacy and seclusion. Unobstructed views of downtown and Elliott Bay make a great backdrop for the rooftop deck. The house is Built Green certified with the environment and a sense of community in mind.
Visit the SHED website – here.
Visit the SHED website – here.
Lance Rice on 13 Jan 2009 at 3:36 pm #
Meh. There are a few things to like about it, but it’s all beginning to look so cookie cutter, i.e. this whole “green” movement that is, and somewhat cheap. A home is something to surround yourself with, not to remind you of a doomed planet. I’ll take style over substance anyday when it comes to architecture unless the designer/architect can make green fantastic.
Dave on 13 Jan 2009 at 5:33 pm #
The big black wall on the exterior seems a good place for a green wall (plant wall).
Such as: http://www.contemporist.com/2008/12/26/plantwalls-by-green-fortune/
Liz on 13 Jan 2009 at 8:15 pm #
I don’t like the bathroom. It reminds me of a high school locker room or something..
Evan on 13 Jan 2009 at 9:20 pm #
This really does seem too bland, it needs some personality.
Robin on 13 Jan 2009 at 9:22 pm #
I like it- and don’t think it’s cookie cuter. It makes me think that a middle class person like myself could one day afford a nice modern home. I mean, it’s not so extravagant that only an LA movie start could live there. I love the pop of the orange and the black wall.
Tom on 13 Jan 2009 at 9:33 pm #
It’s kind of important to judge architecture in relation to the budget the architects were working with. It’s easy to design a stunningly beautiful home full of unique personality if you’re given a budget of $1000 a square foot to work with, but not so easy if your budget is $300 a square foot. I’m guessing the budget for this house was on the lower end, which is why it looks a little plain, but I can still appreciate certain things, like how the designers made use of light and space.
Brom on 14 Jan 2009 at 12:16 am #
Even if the house was a ‘low-budget’ house, there are many thing about it that just don’t make sense. The combination of wood and other textues are simply wrong. Doesn’t look good.
Andrew Menil on 14 Jan 2009 at 12:48 am #
The wood is good, it’s the black panels that are dissapointing.
j_d_h on 14 Jan 2009 at 9:44 am #
plain because it isn’t clutter with B.S. like most other people’s homes?
Lance on 15 Jan 2009 at 6:42 pm #
No plain as in staged to make it look like the owners watch only Bergman movies and picking out the same pair of black rimmed glasses over and over. I would wear a hot pink shirt and watermelon green shorts to a party there just to make the owners pass out. Heck, I’m just glad they didn’t put up more mirrors. If the sun bounced off enough of the walls and mirrors, all that white you know, it could intensify and burn down the darn thing.
Liza on 15 Feb 2009 at 8:52 pm #
I love it! A truly modern home that has enough apartment-like details to induce me to leave NYC and move back to Seattle. It looks like a very easy house to live in. I’m a little unsure about the wood wall in the living room – how would one hang art on it?