Comments on: The Cascade House by Paul Raff Studio

By: Lyndon Than

Lyndon Than — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:33:54 +0000

Interestingly, the swimming pool is in shade during summer due to the need to shade the large glass wall. The photo shows this very well. Excellent shading of the wall however.
Still, it is a beautiful house. – the stair and adjoining wall are probably solid concrete – an excellent thermal mass for tempering heat flows.

By: Lyndon Than

Lyndon Than — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:30:47 +0000

Beautiful House. Some articles such as the one in Fast Company are calling it a passive house. It certainly seems hard to imagine that it would be a certified passive house, due to two things:
1. Irregular shapes – overall volume to surface area ratio does not Look like it is very thermally efficient.
2. Too much glass – that beautiful stacked glass wall is a major loser of heat – glass having an R-value of about 0.15 per inch, even a 6″ thick glass wall would have an R-value of only about 1.

By: Farid

Farid — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:19:53 +0000

I found images of the rest of the house (ie. Bathrooms and Kitchen) at http://www.paulraffstudio.com

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:11:43 +0000

The exterior is beautiful, but inside it’s something of a disappointment from those photographs. That main bedroom is very uninteresting. I wonder why no views of kitchen, bathroom or main living areas? Is it incomplete?

By: Lance

Lance — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:38:24 +0000

Brilliant! A stunning design. I would hire this company in a heartbeat to design a home. Very, very nice.

By: ithaqua

ithaqua — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:39:48 +0000

Looks lovely. I like verything about it

By: Katherine aka. Urban Flea

Katherine aka. Urban Flea — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:20:20 +0000

I love that green backlit window, it’s pure visual poetry, much like this blog! Congrats!

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:45:25 +0000

Awesome