The client sought to build a studio where all of her tools, equipment and looms could be set in one building. She also wanted to have an extra bedroom and bathroom for guests, a way to display her work in a gallery-like setting, and space to hold meetings and workshops. Prentiss Architects solved these challenges by designing a long daylit space with views of the water. A back wall contains built-in storage with sliding doors to hide away equipment and materials when she needed the space. Surrounding the main workspace are a dying room, an office, and a bathroom. Tucked behind the workspace and into the side of the hill is a sewing room and an extra bedroom.
The wet room, where the weaver dyes her materials, has large doors that open to the outdoors to allow for quick and easy ventilation. Daylighting streams in through the large front windows and the skylights on the roof, which illuminate the back sewing room and the bedroom. The roof of the main part of the building is covered in grass, which insulates the building and infiltrates rainwater.
This beautiful studio space in Washington draws together daylighting, built-in storage, lots of open space and inspiring views. A professional weaver and her husband retired to the San Juan Islands and decided to build a generous studio space to hold of
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The client sought to build a studio where all of her tools, equipment and looms could be set in one building.
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She also wanted to have an extra bedroom and bathroom for guests, a way to display her work in a gallery-like setting, and space to hold meetings and workshops.
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The studio is built into a rocky hillside behind the main house.
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Prentiss Architects solved these challenges by designing a long daylit space with views of the water.
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A modern facade of dark wood, white accents and large windows creates a stunning affect.
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A back wall contains built-in storage with sliding doors to hide away equipment and materials when she needed the space.
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When the doors slide open the reveal tons of storage space and help keep everything very organized.
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Surrounding the main workspace are a dying room, an office, and a bathroom.
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Tucked behind the workspace and into the side of the hill is a sewing room and an extra bedroom.
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The wet room, where the weaver dyes her materials, has large doors that open to the outdoors to allow for quick and easy ventilation.
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Daylighting streams in through the large front windows and the skylights on the roof, which illuminate the back sewing room and the bedroom.
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The roof of the main part of the building is covered in grass, which insulates the building and infiltrates rainwater.
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Built into the hillside, the studio collects views and sunlight from the west.
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