Madrona House
NEW YORK TIMES (Oct-2022) features “In Seattle, a Modern Home That Looks Toward the Sky and the Water.”
NOVU Magazine (Dec-2022) Home of the Week article
Architecture - danieltoole.com
Photography - Kevin Scott
Cabinets and countertops - @leichtseattle
From Daniel Toole Architecture: “The Madrona House nestles into a historic Seattle hilltop neighborhood, looking east to Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountain Range beyond. Built for a downsizing couple that owned the historic craftsman house next door, the house was designed to maximize light and connection to the outdoors, with a strong sense of mass and materiality.
The home was designed as a plinth with thick walls and a hearth rising out of it, capped by a carved wooden volume. The irregular textures of the concrete change with the time of day and the color of the sky through the seasons, giving the home a sense of heft and permanence. Glazed openings are inset to the interior surface to express the thickness of walls, creating covered outdoor spaces where possible. Details like concealed headers, minimal exposed flashing, and a continuous reveal joint between the concrete and flush wood upper story accentuate the mass and elemental composition of the home. Light is diffused through the more open east and west ends of the house and the courtyard, and carefully placed skylights create a luminous sanctuary from the surrounding city.”
