The incredible Lake views and lush woodland areas around this unique mid-century modern home were reason enough to recreate its once refined architecture through the lens of modern interior and exterior renovations.
Completed in 2024, this extensive renovation fully embrace’s the home’s forested context and broad lake frontage while relishing its original characteristics and embellishing them with modern design.
North Shore Residence
Approaching the home, an elongated existing bridge, re-clad with wood decking and warm cedar shingles, provides an elevated experience; an illusion of suspension in the branches and canopies of the surrounding property, which opens further to expansive views of the Lake frontage.
Framing the expansive glass facades, a field of eastern white cedar shingles respects the homes original character and material palette, one that expresses reverence to context and setting. To increase view corridors to the surrounding tree canopies, oblique window punches add definition and shadow play to the triangular ends of the home.
Constrained by the homes roof and floor framing, paired vertical fins of white oak were used to accentuate the homes structural lines and adorn the modern casement windows, echoing the properties tall, forested setting and blurring the line between indoor and outdoor.
Entering the home from the bridge, a pair of wood burning fireplaces anchor each end of the now open floor plan. One for cooking, one for comfort - tiled in emerald-green, handmade clay tile and outlined by custom oak trim, the bookends of the ground floor are the only moments removing one from the feeling of being completely in the trees.
Emphasizing contemporary design ideals, the use of natural materials, artisan crafted tiles, colors found throughout nature, and subtle detailing all converge to improve the function of the home while imbuing an appreciation for nature and the aspects of it that promote our well-being.
Project Notes
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2024 / 4,600 sf complete renovations / Fleetwood windows and doors / Grillworks station / Thermory decking / Fireclay Tile / Weldworks Interior Doors / Cabinetry from Maison Birmingham
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Pytiak Design Build
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Zaremba & Company
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Sharpe Engineering
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Mike C Wise, PE
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Sally Matak
Jason Keen
“In looking to renovate our home, we considered many options. [HEID Architects] was the architect who perfectly captured what we wanted in a new home - taking our half formed ideas that we voiced as “what we thought we wanted” and turning it into “what we actually wanted”.”