Port Townsend Residence by Lawrence Architecture
Lawrence Architecture designed this two bedroom home on a 10 acre site near Port Townsend, Washington, for a retired couple who were moving ashore after 30 years of living on a sailboat.
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Design Team: Thomas V. Lawrence, AIA Willes D. Stauffer
Contractor: Tollefson Builders, Inc. P.O. Box 100, Chimacum, WA 98325
Photos by: Benjamin Benschneider and Tollefson Builders
Alima on 14 Apr 2009 at 7:59 pm #
very woodsy and warm. i like it.
Bree on 15 Apr 2009 at 11:48 am #
The kitchen seating is so wonderfully reminiscent of galley seating on a sailboat. Well done.
Ely B. on 15 Apr 2009 at 5:05 pm #
No blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?
Cleo on 16 Apr 2009 at 12:15 pm #
how in the world do they sleep with all that light pouring in?
Rosie on 17 Apr 2009 at 3:15 am #
Now that is homely. I love it.
hZ! on 13 Nov 2009 at 3:45 am #
Oh no!! the view out of the window while you lie in bed is blocked by a massive inverted stepped pyramid that looms menacingly, like a slab-blow to the imagination, directly contradicting the expansive slope of the ceiling. How disappointing to be so stymied. Meanwhile, at the head end, you have no security; your back is to the door. Not a comfortable room at all, with a psychic gale tearing through behind you that has had the full length of that very long corridor to accelerate in.
It seems there is a failure of courage here on the part of the designer, to embrace the riches the environment has to offer.
The living areas are good, relatively warm and generous (although the galley is a little dark- you need light to cook!). It would be lovely to be in these spaces on a spring morning or a winter evening. Very peaceful and reliable and comfortable. But think what this house could have been, the brief attacked with more gumption and inspiration. A client who may be tired, and who may emphasise the value of stability, solidity and continuity now, may, once settled, feel adventurous again, so why not design for that possibility and incorporate a little uncertainty or question or potential for exploration into the design?
Perhaps the back-tilted openness of the roof pitch does that, and it is enough…