Knox Residence, Phase 2

The main house is a single story structure. It is stick construction, with details that give it a solid post and beam feel. This includes beams in the kitchen and dining room, and thick 9″ walls with double-insulation that also creates very deep window openings. The home’s living room, kitchen, and dining room are a completely open L-shaped plan, hinging around a wood stove that I sourced from a company in Canada. The stove is open on both sides, and can be enjoyed from the living and dining room. While there were many schemes that went into the home’s design, this configuration was one of the original elements and was returned to in the end. The house has a bedroom wing, exercise room and bath, and study which opens onto the screened porch. The house has a solar array, providing solar hot water and electricity. The main house was completed August of 2015.

The following documents some of the process that’s gone into creating Phase 2 of the Knox Residence.

Rendering and Section, created in Revit

Corridor view towards Barn—Revit

First Floor Plan, CAD—Process Drawing

Second Floor, CAD—Process Drawing

First Floor Plan, CAD — Process Drawing

Process Sketch—Bedroom Wing

Photos Documenting The House’s Construction

The foundation, Fall of 2014

Kitchen, with door leading to entry bridge

South Facade

Study / guest bedroom

Entry porch

Screened-In Porch

Study/Guest room to the left, with door leading onto screened porch.

North Facade

South Facade, with shingles. The screened-in porch is accessible both from the dining room and the guest suite.

Main entrance, with the entry “bridge.” Supported on trusses, it’s literally a bridge connecting the Barn (to the right) to the main house.

This is an interior etched glass window of oak leaves, which I designed. The window is located between the master bedroom and master bath.

My design for coordinating etched glass cabinet doors in the kitchen built-in china cupboard, which can be seen from the living room and dining room.