Stone Creek Camp is a four-building compound in Bigfork, Montana. It is a project led by Andersson Wise Architects. Their clients Connie and Martin Stone, had a previous house designed for them in Tuscon, Arizona by the same company. This time, Andersson Wise Architects are making a camp near Bigfork, Montana, at Flathead Lake called Stone Creek Camp. The couple said that they wanted the group to create an environment for them where they felt "both protected and in nature" at the same time.
The camp/house makes a perfect place for a peaceful vacation and has a great view of the lake. Its rooms all have a unique personality and feel, but they all have tight, cave-like spaces with good-size porches. To get to the camp, you take a trail through the dense forest and arrive at the 1,900 square foot gatehouse. After the gatehouse, comes a lodge, guesthouse, and the 3,200 square foot "master" house. This is where Connie and Martin Stone spend most of their time, with there bathrooms, bedrooms, living room, and offices inside the back part of the house. (which is closest to the lake)
You can actually move the walls in between rooms, which provides a great experience with the outdoors being indoors. The master house is designed so it blends in with the landscape, and it creates a good resting place where the clients can go without being disrupted by guests.
The living spaces seperate from the "master" house consist of black-stained cedar with pitched Corten steel roofs. The architects are building walls from re-used douglas fir, larch, and grand fir trees in the upper side of the house. And the walls are also waterproof! The house has a "natural roughness" that matches the theme of the outdoors. All the compounds were strategically placed to avoid the underground water streams' paths, which flow to Flathead Lake. Connie Stone says, “If I could pick one word to describe the spaces, both inside and out, I’d call them ‘pure.’ Everything is resolved, everything is correct.”
References:
>> Information and Pictures from archrecord.construction.com
>> Previous HOUSES 101 Post
The camp/house makes a perfect place for a peaceful vacation and has a great view of the lake. Its rooms all have a unique personality and feel, but they all have tight, cave-like spaces with good-size porches. To get to the camp, you take a trail through the dense forest and arrive at the 1,900 square foot gatehouse. After the gatehouse, comes a lodge, guesthouse, and the 3,200 square foot "master" house. This is where Connie and Martin Stone spend most of their time, with there bathrooms, bedrooms, living room, and offices inside the back part of the house. (which is closest to the lake)
You can actually move the walls in between rooms, which provides a great experience with the outdoors being indoors. The master house is designed so it blends in with the landscape, and it creates a good resting place where the clients can go without being disrupted by guests.
The living spaces seperate from the "master" house consist of black-stained cedar with pitched Corten steel roofs. The architects are building walls from re-used douglas fir, larch, and grand fir trees in the upper side of the house. And the walls are also waterproof! The house has a "natural roughness" that matches the theme of the outdoors. All the compounds were strategically placed to avoid the underground water streams' paths, which flow to Flathead Lake. Connie Stone says, “If I could pick one word to describe the spaces, both inside and out, I’d call them ‘pure.’ Everything is resolved, everything is correct.”
References:
>> Information and Pictures from archrecord.construction.com
>> Previous HOUSES 101 Post
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