House at Eagle Point
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Program: Custom Single Family House Project Team: Workplays Studio* Architecture Ric. Abramson FAIA (Design Architect) David Gray Architects David Gray FAIA Yasuro Yamaguchi Location: Eagle Point, (McMinnville) OR Completion Date: 2005 |
The House at Eagle Point represents a collaborative effort originally designed by Ric. Abramson AIA as a partner in the firm of David Gray Architects, Santa Monica. Located in a rural, forested site in Oregon the house distributes vertical programmed space within three towers, one of concrete block, one of cast-in-place concrete, and one of glass. Its small footprint stemmed from a desire to limit disruption of the surrounding woods and to speed up construction because of a short season for building.
Within a densely wooded site, the glass tower becomes a beacon at night marking the way home from the air for the owner who commutes back and forth via helicopter. The house is a highly sustainable, very low maintenance solution that embraces nature, protects from the harsh elements and also poetically serves as a waystation sanctuary space within an isolated forest in which it is set. |