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Big Wood Residence – A Luxury Riverside Home in Sun Valley, ID
Cover House by de Reus Architects (Sun Valley, ID)
PROJECT DETAILS
Builder: de Reus Architects | dereusarchitects.com
Location: Sun Valley, ID
Square feet: 3,765
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 3.5
Local vernacular and a minimalist concept drove the design of the Big Wood Residence. This home for Mark de Reus and his family celebrates the career of its architect, who incorporated lessons from thirty-five years of practice into this, his most personal work.
The project features themes that the de Reus Architects firm is known for—inserting asymmetry into a symmetrical plan. Incorporating natural materials, and ancient aesthetics into a contemporary design.
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The home consists of the simple shapes of two practical building forms: a two-story barn for the living areas and a flat-roofed structure harkening low-slung ranch outbuildings for the garage, storage, and terrace.
The two floors contain 3,760 square feet of space: living room, kitchen, and master suite on the ground floor, and recreation room and two bedrooms on the second. Beautiful interior design style complete with ornate interior finishings. A two-story window lights the eastern entrance and stairway – designed to appear like a warm, welcoming lantern on a dark night.
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The project’s gray-black stained wood exterior and dark-gray metal roof harmonizes with the color of the glowing aspen trees that dominate its eight-acre site. To play off of the aspens, de Reus chose dark colors for the building’s exterior. This modern riverside home feels as if it’s always been there.
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UNIQUE FEATURES
French Oak wood flooring, Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, granite counters, local granite hearth, Eastern white oak walls and cabinetry with a light white paint wipe-off finish with UV protection; white cast bronze hardware, blackened steel fireplace wall.
SUB TRADES
Architect – de Reus Architects
Builder – Young Construction
Cabinets – Ketchum Kustom Works
Flooring –Warren Christopher
Furniture Designer – Sequoia Contract Works
Interior Fireplace – Ortal Fireplace
Kitchen & Bath – Waterworks Sinks and Faucets
Hardware – Rocky Mountain Hardware l Sun Valley Bronze
Lighting – Peter Zumpthor l Alison Berger
Outdoor Fire Element – Flame Creation
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