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Images by Nic LeHoux Designed as a home and studio for a photographer and his young family, Lightbox is located on a peninsula that extends south from British Columbia across the border to Point Roberts. The densely forested site lies beside a 180-acre park that overlooks the Strait of Georgia, the San Juan Islands and the Puget Sound. Having experienced the world from under a black focusing cloth and large format camera lens, the photographer has a special fondness for simplicity and an appreciation of unique, genuine and well-crafted details. The home was made decidedly modest, in size and means, with a building skin utilizing simple materials in a straightforward yet innovative configuration. The result is a structure crafted from affordable and common materials such as exposed wood two-bys that form the structural frame and directly support a prefabricated aluminum window system of standard glazing units uniformly sized to reduce the complexity and overall cost. Accessed from the west on a sloped boardwalk that bisects its two contrasting forms, the house sits lightly on the land above the forest floor. A south facing two-story glassy cage for living captures the sun and view as it celebrates the interplay of light and shadow in the forest. To the north, stairs are contained in a thin wooden box stained black with a traditional Finnish pine tar coating. Narrow apertures in the otherwise solid dark wooden wall sharply focus the vibrant cropped views of the old growth fir trees at the edge of the deep forest. Lightbox is an uncomplicated yet powerful gesture that enables one to view the subtlety and beauty of the site while providing comfort and pleasure in the constantly changing light of the forest.

This unique project has heavy Asian influences due to the owner’s strong connection to Indonesia, along with a Mountain West flare creating a unique and rustic contemporary composition. This mountain contemporary residence is tucked into a mature ponderosa forest in the beautiful high desert of Flagstaff, Arizona. The site was instrumental on the development of our form and structure in early design. The 60 to 100 foot towering ponderosas on the site heavily impacted the location and form of the structure. The Asian influence combined with the vertical forms of the existing ponderosa forest led to the Flagstaff House trending towards a horizontal theme.

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Custom wide plank Red Oak wood flooring, quarter and rift sawn, made by Hull Forest Products for the new residential colleges at Yale University. www.hullforest.com 1-800-928-9602. Photos © Peter Aaron/OTTO for Robert A.M. Stern Architects

Live sawn wide plank solid White Oak flooring, custom sawn by Hull Forest Products from New England-grown White Oak. This cut of flooring contains a natural mix of quarter sawn, rift sawn, and plain sawn grain and reflects what the inside of a tree really looks like. Available unfinished or prefinished. Plank widths from 6-14" and plank lengths from 4-10+ feet. 4-6 week lead time. Life guarantee. 1-800-928-9602. www.hullforest.com

Curly Birch wide plank flooring and matching staircase treads and nosing, custom milled by Hull Forest Products. 1-800-928-9602. https://www.hullforest.com Photo by Mary Prince Photography.

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Contractor: Joseph McKinstry Construction; Interior Design: Jan Holbrook; Photo: Benjamin Benschneider
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White Oak flooring - rift and quartersawn - select grade - custom milled by Hull Forest Products, www.hullforest.com. 1-800-928-9602. Floors are available unfinished or prefinished and ship nationwide direct from our mill - we also deliver throughout the Northeast. Design by Krajewski Architect. Photo by Mikiko Kikuyama. This apartment was featured in Dwell Magazine.

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Brilliant white blooms make the Diana Camellia fit any garden color scheme. Compact with a medium growth rate, Diana blooms in October to November. FEATURES Bloom/Feature White semi-double flowers in fall Plant Type Shrubs Evergreen or Deciduous Evergreen USDA Zones 7,8,9 Zone Detail Hardy to 0 F Key Features Ffall blooming Use Accent, hedge Exposure Full sun to part shade Bloom Season Fall Dimension 8-10'H x 6-8'W Growth Rate Slow to moderate CARE Water Keep moist, but not consistently wet Soil Type Rich, acidic, moist, well-drained soil Fertilizer Spring Pruning Shape in early spring PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS water before planting plant in full sun to part shade dig hole 3X the width of pot, backfill and plant 1”-2” above soil level water and add more soil if needed mulch plants

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