Bronze
Custom Home
Thorn Tree Farm
Boyce, Va.
Entrant/Architect: Reader & Swartz Architects
Builder: Houseworks
Photographer: Nathan Webb
Size: 2,500 sf
Completion: May 2014
The house is composed of three components: a passive solar, timber-framed pavilion and deck oriented to the south and east; a three-story tower; and a low-slung hyphen between the two.
The pavilion sits in a meadow and contains the living spaces. The Tower is sited at the woods’ edge and accommodates the bedrooms and a third-floor porch for watching sunrises and sunsets. The mortise-and-tenon timber-framed pavilion and the standing-seam metal roofs reflect the site’s rustic, farm heritage.
Fiber-cement board is used as lap siding on the pavilion, and the tower is sheathed with randomly spaced fiber-cement board shingles made of sheets of fiber-cement board with wood dividers.
Want to see more winners of the 2016 Professional Builder Design Awards? Click here.
Advertisement
Related Stories
Design
2023 BALA Winners: The Best of the Best
You'll find plenty of inspiration in these four award-winning projects from the Best in American Living Awards
Sales + Marketing
7 Sales and Marketing Trends to Watch (and Learn From)
These award-winning campaigns from NAHB's 2024 National Sales and Marketing Awards showcase next-level strategies and stellar results
Forty Under 40
2024 Forty Under 40 Nomination Form
Help us recognize the rising stars, innovators, and game-changers in the housing industry!