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Sand Point Residence
This
project is a second story addition to an existing single-story residence. In
addition to expanding the basic volume of the house, a viewing/reading tower is
added, and the front porch is developed as a more significant architectural
element. This creates three volumes acting as a foreground, middle ground, and
background in the overall composition, each with a distinct, but related,
architectural vocabulary.
Architect: Ray C. Freeman
III Contractor: Marvin L.
Wetzel
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Backyard Cottage
This 800 s.f. cottage, currently in design, sits
behind an existing residence in the Ravenna neighborhood, occupying the space
over an existing free-standing garage. Designed as a functional living space,
the building will serve initially as the owner's office and studio. View shown
is from existing residence.
Architect: Ray C. Freeman III
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Beacon Hill Residence
The
site provided the first challenge. Ten 24" diameter concrete and steel pilings
extend 48 feet below grade, and are further tied back into the hill. These are
topped by a platform of 24" x 24" concrete beams supporting an 8" structural
slab.
As a house for the architect, the design proved challenging as
well, but Freeman and Wetzel worked closely together to pull off both the
unique geometries and an unusual palette of materials.
Architect: Ray C.
Freeman III Contractor:
Marvin L. Wetzel
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Ballard Residence
Developed over the footprint of an existing house on
a lot short-platted by the previous owner, this three-unit residence employs a
strategy of interconnected rooms and flowing spaces to get the most out of the
available space.
The plan includes a two bedroom unit with sleeping loft
on the top floor, a two-bedroom unit with additional sleeping lofts on the main
floor, with a studio apartment on the ground floor below.
Architect: Ray
C. Freeman III Contractor: Marvin L. Wetzel
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Hood Canal Cabin
Designed for
Castanes Architects, ps. This Hood Canal vacation cabin has been featured
locally and nationally, in print and on television, and appears in the book
'Coastal Retreats - The Pacific Northwest and the Architecture of Adventure'
published by Universe, 2002.
It sits well
above the beach on four 24" round pilings, from which the structure is hung,
and features a retractable stair for security.
Designer: Ray C. Freeman III
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Crescent Beach Cabin
Although it is adjacent to the main house, this tiny
cabin is a fully functional living unit, complete with it's own kitchenette and
bathroom.
The
structure is perched on the edge of the bulkhead, with the wrap-around deck
hoving over the water below, providing sweeping views of the Puget Sound
between Seattle and Tacoma.
Designer: Gideon
Kramer Contractor: Marvin L.
Wetzel
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Beacon Hill Deck
A total deck
replacement and expansion incorporating a new glassed-in trellis, covered
seating, and a new stair, rotated away from the deck to provide better
circulation flow between the house and the yard.
The project was
coordinated with the simultaneous expansion and remodel of the adjacent
kitchen.
Architect: Ray C. Freeman III Contractor: Marvin L.
Wetzel
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Bellevue Remodels
Successive additions and remodels over a period of years to
this Bellevue residence have included a new kitchen and dining area, a new
master bedroom suite, a free-standing garden shed, a new second-story great
room, and a complete re-working of the entry stair hall and the entry
itself.
Architect: Ray C.Freeman
III Contractor: Marvin L. Wetzel
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Oysterville Residence
A new
residence in the historic Long Beach Peninsula town of Oysterville, Washington,
this house was designed for a picturesque site on the commercial end of town,
next to an historic barn (for whose proposed remodel we had earlier won an
A.I.A. award) and on the way toward an oster cannery.
Architect: Ray C. Freeman III
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Southworth Residence
A small house on a large lot leaves room for the later
construction of the main house. This house, orignally designed as the guest
house for a larger house, now under construction, was built first to allow the
family to move in and live on the site as they built the main residence.
Architect: Ray C. Freeman III Contractor:
Owner
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Lake Washington Addition
This
fourth story addition to a Lake Washington Residence presented framing
challenges, requiring loads to be carried through the three floors below.
The ingenious framing
solutions provided the opportunity to carry the wood detailing of the house
upward into the cathedral ceiling for a handsome finishing
touch.
Contractor:
Marvin L. Wetzel
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Arboretum Residence
This top-to-bottom re-working of an existing single story
bungalow into a three-story house included foundation stabilization, brick
disassembly and re-assembly, construction of two new stories, and a remodeling
of the existing basement.
Contractor:
Marvin L. Wetzel Architect: Todd Heistuman
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Laurelhurst Addition
An addition on the back of this house in the
Laurelhurst neighborhood to accommodate a new kitchen and deck with a new
bedroom and bath and rear entry in the lower floor.
Contractor: Marvin L. Wetzel Architect: Todd Heistuman
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Bryant Residence
This two story new residence is designed on the footprint of an
existing single story bungalow in the Bryant neighborhood. The design is
strikingly modern, and the floor plan is based on a diamond rather than a
square, with spaces flowing around the rotated central fireplace.
Architect: Ray C. Freeman III
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