Snow Kreich Architects offers a slim linear attitude of the omnipresent modern cabin in the forest. This cabin is located on a Seakeside property in Ely, Minnesota, near the Canadian border. She is both Sylvan Retreat and Creative Base. A separate studio with a view of the banks of Lake Shagawa.
Lake Cabin, Minnesota, Snow Kreichen Architects
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The project was monitored by the team members Christina Stark, Kathryn Vannelson and partner Matt Kreilich. Kreis, who came to Julie Snow Architects and finally a partner of the snow circle based in Minneapoli's, describes the location as a “perfect opportunity”. “Our customers found a plot of land with white pines and large boulders along the southern bank of Lake Shagawa,” he says, “it was the right moment to create a personal retreat and an artist studio. The modest and quiet elegant is the cabin to move the natural beauty of the website. '
The main living space in the Lakeside cabin by Snow Kreichen Architects
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The cabin and the adjacent studio are over 2,500 square feet long and low, with the vertical black disguise help to mix the structures to the pine and boulders. The location gently takes off to the waterfront, and each building is located on a flat base that offers an additional height and an unbroken view from the covered deck that runs the length of the facade directed on the coast.
The external deck overlooks the lake
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The input facade is guarded, reached by a semicircular driveway and partly from existing tire trees. It is private and remote and gives no indication of what lies. The external cladding is dark gray corrugated iron metal, whereby walls and ceilings are exposed to the inside and outside.
The narrow plan enables the light into the heart of the cabin
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According to the architect Christina Stark, the design of Minnesota's traditional Lake huts is inspired. [which are known] For their simple forms, compact footprints and pragmatic material pallets, while the typology increases with a significantly modern feeling that creates an inspiring environment for an artist at work. '
The separate studio offers a quiet, contemplative work area
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The customers, the artist Todd Norsten and his wife Leslie Cohan Norsten, wanted a room that served both as a quiet retreat and as a creative -sporting environment. “I need things to be calm and almost boring to do work,” says Norsten. The different things in my head lead to a broader selection of drawings. '
An external view of the separate art studio
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In addition to the studio structure, the main cabin has a long, narrow plan with a central living area that is flanked by two bedrooms. The living space contains the kitchen, food and seating with a glazed wall to the water. The bedrooms have less window, but still offer tempting insights into a quiet forest.
One of the two bedrooms of the cabin
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The studio alone is a short distance from the main house. It is a calm, simple and monastic space that is perfect for focus and concentration with a large opening window to bring nature in when the weather is good.
The Ely Retreat with the main house on the left and studio right
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During the entire project, energy efficiency was maximized with triple windows and a lot of insulation. The plan is not deep, so the daylight penetrates directly into the heart of the house and spreads warmth and a spirit of silent creativity.
Lake Cabin, Minnesota, Snow Kreichen Architects
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