Comments on: Weigel Residence by Substance Architecture

By: josie

josie — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:49:17 +0000

This is a very big place, how can you afford it?
Does it have a security system. I would be afraid to live in a place like this. What if a cougar or bear were standing outside the window at night. And there are so many windows, what if someone tried to break in?
I think it would need security guards and those cost money too.

By: Rebecca Gremore

Rebecca Gremore — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:45:14 +0000

I used to not like cable lighting, but for this type of roof and for these room volumes, low voltage cable lighting provides the most flexibility. Also, it is usually difficult to put light cans in a thin ceiling overstack. I couldn’t really tell how thick this was although now the more I look at it, it looks like it drops a foot or so. I was the client owner for the Hilltop House by Safdie Rabines (June ’09)and I have wondered if cable lighting wouldn’t have served better than the low voltage stem lights I put in the doug fir ceiling.

By: Duegi

Duegi — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:50:32 +0000

Great looking house with a sensitive answer to the surroundings. I, for one, do not see the house as cold but instead as sleek and clean. I can think of very few places I would rather be than in a Wassily in front of a roaring fire with a gentle snow falling outside and my lovely bride enjoying it with me. Sounds like heaven to me.

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:55:42 +0000

Looks like a visitor center for a park.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:45:04 +0000

This strikes me as something institutional as opposed to a home. Regardless, it looks amazing in the context of the forest.

By: joy

joy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:11:35 +0000

those lights on strings suck! they ruin the place.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:47:50 +0000

This house is missing a green roof…

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:48:40 +0000

The greatest asset is the view to the outside… and there is a lot of view, thanks to the big windows. But the house in itself seems rather cold and not a nice place to live… and what about thouse 2 chairs facing the fireplace? I can think of cozier arrangements!

By: Agustino

Agustino — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:46:37 +0000

I love post and beam architecture!

By: Tere

Tere — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:36:31 +0000

I’m not into square-ish looking house, but this is simple and elegant. I like it.

Plus, it’s in nature. I love nature.

By: graham

graham — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:08:15 +0000

I wish sometimes that architects and photographers would just a few months for the houses, the inhabitants and the landscape to settle in. Most of these shots look like a building site has just been cleaned up