Green Boathouse Design Ideas
Integrate Architecture & Planning
Lake Oswego boathouse in Lake Oswego, Oregon by Integrate Architecture & Planning, p.c.
This is an example of a small contemporary detached one-car boathouse in Portland.
This is an example of a small contemporary detached one-car boathouse in Portland.
Wydeven Architects LLC
Edmund Studios Photography.
A view of the kayak shed with an attached wood shed.
This is an example of a small beach style detached boathouse in Milwaukee.
This is an example of a small beach style detached boathouse in Milwaukee.
The Dock Doctors
Boathouse with pile dock foundation on Lake George New York
This is an example of a country detached one-car boathouse in Other.
This is an example of a country detached one-car boathouse in Other.
Vetter Architects
A tea pot, being a vessel, is defined by the space it contains, it is not the tea pot that is important, but the space.
Crispin Sartwell
Located on a lake outside of Milwaukee, the Vessel House is the culmination of an intense 5 year collaboration with our client and multiple local craftsmen focused on the creation of a modern analogue to the Usonian Home.
As with most residential work, this home is a direct reflection of it’s owner, a highly educated art collector with a passion for music, fine furniture, and architecture. His interest in authenticity drove the material selections such as masonry, copper, and white oak, as well as the need for traditional methods of construction.
The initial diagram of the house involved a collection of embedded walls that emerge from the site and create spaces between them, which are covered with a series of floating rooves. The windows provide natural light on three sides of the house as a band of clerestories, transforming to a floor to ceiling ribbon of glass on the lakeside.
The Vessel House functions as a gallery for the owner’s art, motorcycles, Tiffany lamps, and vintage musical instruments – offering spaces to exhibit, store, and listen. These gallery nodes overlap with the typical house program of kitchen, dining, living, and bedroom, creating dynamic zones of transition and rooms that serve dual purposes allowing guests to relax in a museum setting.
Through it’s materiality, connection to nature, and open planning, the Vessel House continues many of the Usonian principles Wright advocated for.
Overview
Oconomowoc, WI
Completion Date
August 2015
Services
Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture
Erin Colson / Sotheby's International Realty
Erin Colson
This is an example of a traditional boathouse in Atlanta.
This is an example of a traditional boathouse in Atlanta.
Minglewood, LLC
Angela Kearney Minglewood Designs
Photo of a mid-sized traditional detached two-car boathouse in Boston.
Photo of a mid-sized traditional detached two-car boathouse in Boston.
Phoenix Timber Buildings
16′ x 12′ Timber Garage in 16mm Shiplap
Photo of a mid-sized arts and crafts detached one-car boathouse in Hampshire.
Photo of a mid-sized arts and crafts detached one-car boathouse in Hampshire.
Building Renewal, Inc
Building Renewal, Inc.
Small traditional detached one-car boathouse in Minneapolis.
Small traditional detached one-car boathouse in Minneapolis.
Misiaszek Turpin pllc
This 4,800 square-foot guesthouse is a three-story residence consisting of a main-level master suite, upper-level guest suite, and a large bunkroom. The exterior finishes were selected for their durability and low-maintenance characteristics, as well as to provide a unique, complementary element to the site. Locally quarried granite and a sleek slate roof have been united with cement fiberboard shingles, board-and-batten siding, and rustic brackets along the eaves.
The public spaces are located on the north side of the site in order to communicate with the public spaces of a future main house. With interior details picking up on the picturesque cottage style of architecture, this space becomes ideal for both large and small gatherings. Through a similar material dialogue, an exceptional boathouse is formed along the water’s edge, extending the outdoor recreational space to encompass the lake.
Photographer: Bob Manley
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