The Garren Residence by PIQUE
The architects at PIQUE have designed the Garren Residence in Bend, Oregon.
From the architects:
The Garren Residence rests on a high desert prairie site and is a very low-slung building, with strong horizontal elements to visually tie the building to the landscape.
Three parallel axis walls orient the house toward prominent views and define outdoor rooms expanding the small footprint into the landscape. The structure features a central void that further integrates the exterior and interior. This void delivers natural light to the basement rooms as well as provides a private exterior gathering space in the center of the house.
michael on 29 Aug 2009 at 8:45 am #
Beautiful formality and combination of materials. I can’t figure out what the panel material is on one side of the entry and down the gallery wall. Is it treated steel?
Dave on 29 Aug 2009 at 10:29 am #
COR-TEN steel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel
Sadie on 29 Aug 2009 at 7:29 pm #
Wonderful house, great architecture, great materials, terrible photography! I honestly hope they didn’t hire someone for those picture. Distortion, reflections, and bad lighting!
Bahay Kubo on 31 Aug 2009 at 6:10 am #
A very nice house. But please limit the photoshops on all structures…
Zero34 on 31 Aug 2009 at 8:51 am #
@bahay – photoshops? that’s just really good photography being done. and now-a-days, no photographer pushes out their pictures without putting them through photoshop at least once. unless of course i’m completely missing your argument.
with that said, this is a BEAUTIFUL house. a nice contrast to some of the sterile posts that are made on this site. Love the use of materials.
jwc3 on 03 Sep 2009 at 6:25 am #
Photoshop? Are you referring to the blurred people? That’s just a motion blur from using a slow shutter speed.
However, I do agree that many of these photos are not very good. Unlevel, barrel distortion, converging vertical lines, photographer’s reflection in the window, etc. The photo of the living room is the worst. Cool house, though.
Bahay Kubo on 03 Sep 2009 at 9:52 am #
The enhancing part of pictures actually, not the structure itself being edited. Well yeah credit that on good photography, generally on posted designs here and even in mags (and not just specifically on this page). But i guess the lens flare on picture #2 was photoshopped. Please dont get me wrong on my statements
I love the designs!
Charlotte on 16 Sep 2009 at 2:55 pm #
Reminds me of Frank Lloyd Wright’s usonian houses
http://www.pbs.org/flw/buildings/usonia/usonia.html
hamilton on 03 Oct 2009 at 7:39 pm #
I agree with Michael, someone really know materials here. A familiar silhouette but the materials make it new.
Dinara on 21 Oct 2009 at 3:08 am #
It’s a wonderful architect.But I wanna know what is the space made by stone used for?
roger pass on 26 Oct 2009 at 5:39 am #
I too would like to know about the steel cladding I see it lot but find difficulty knowing where to sourse it from.
Roger Pass ( U.A.E. )