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A Modern Take on a Montana Log House
Jul. 9th, 2014 02:16 pmMultiple buildings form a vacation compound that's more like environmental art than architecture
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Mitchell Parker
Houzz Editorial Staff; writer, musician, father, husband.
After designing a house in the scorching climate of Tucson, Arizona, without air conditioning, architect Arthur Andersson brought a similar concept to a much chillier region. “I said let’s do a house in Montana that doesn’t have any central heat,” he says.
When his client’s initial shock wore off, Andersson got to work designing a series of buildings — a separate master house, guest house, lodge house and kitchen structure — that would form a modern camp-like atmosphere for the couple, their kids and grandkids to vacation throughout the year. He skipped the HVAC system and instead created an innovative insulation method of stacked cordwood that allows the home to harness heat from radiant floor heating and several wood-burning fireplaces.
When his client’s initial shock wore off, Andersson got to work designing a series of buildings — a separate master house, guest house, lodge house and kitchen structure — that would form a modern camp-like atmosphere for the couple, their kids and grandkids to vacation throughout the year. He skipped the HVAC system and instead created an innovative insulation method of stacked cordwood that allows the home to harness heat from radiant floor heating and several wood-burning fireplaces.
What it is: An all-year getaway for three generations
That’s interesting: Stacked cordwood makes up much of the home’s insulation.
Surprise: A pulley raises a glass wall inside.
From the architect: “It certainly doesn’t look like a house.”
Surprise: A pulley raises a glass wall inside.
From the architect: “It certainly doesn’t look like a house.”
