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This vacation home consists of two connected pavilions–one desi…
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Weigel Residence, Copper Mountain, Colo.
Custom Home / 3,000 to 5,000 Square Feet | Merit Award
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Standing only a short walk from the lifts of a major ski resort, this vacation home uses a two-track approach to capture both nearby forest views and distant mountain vistas. A single-story living/dining/entertaining pavilion enclosed with storefront glazing engages the wooded site, its exposed timber columns echoing the surrounding lodgepole pines. A four-story tower, connected but distinct in massing and exterior materials, takes the long view. “And that long view,” says architect Paul Mankins, “is not to be believed.”
The cedar-clad tower, which contains the kitchen at the ground level and bedrooms above, culminates in a fourth-floor office with a treetop-level roof deck. Set alongside its glassier partner on a rectangular concrete pad, the tower provides passive ventilation to the entire structure. “The chimney effect pulls air through the tower in the summer and cools the house,” Mankins says. The judges deemed the composition “extremely simple yet incredibly creative,” reserving specific praise for the elegant timber framing. “The construction system creates the project,” one judge said. “The structure becomes an art form.” —B.D.S.
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