Loop Residence in Orcas Island, Washington by Heliotrope Architects

The Loop Residence is a new home situated on a rock outcropping several hundred feet above the ocean. A simple plan utilizing wood frames and a prefabricated roof structure, Heliotrope Architects designed a memorable residence with pristine views. Follow the break for photographs and drawings of this new home.

This residence is situated on its site with a western view across the San Juan Islands. It is constructed of a prefabricated steel moment-frame roof structure with conventional wood-framed 'boxes' floating beneath it.floor planExterior walls consist of a custom site-built teak and cedar curtainwall system, with the 'boxes' clad in fir milled on the property.

Other primary materials include a fir-slat ceiling milled on the property, flagstone floors and stone walls.

Architects: Heliotrope Architects
Structural: Swenson Say Faget
Project Area: 2,400 sqf
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Sean Airhart