Needling the wind with an amazing observation tower, this residential engagement is arranged around a middle stacked stone shelter that operates as the building’s spike. Appraising 182 feet long also 21 feet high, the awesome stone wall is appeared from either the inside also the outside, making a powerful observational attachment.
Dallas-based Cunningham Architects arranged the House On Cedar Hill as well as their capability is immortalized in the structural evidence of this dream house. Titled following its position in Cedar Hill, Texas, the 6,700 square foot modern house is logged by the architects:
A cantilevered concrete canopy serves as an interruption through the wall into and through the house, briefly allowing views through the dense brush of the site towards the open vista to the west.As a counterpoint to the long, low house nestled within the native vegetation, the observation tower at the northern end of the house elevates the occupants above the tree tops. Magnificent views of several thousand acres of protected habitat, along with distant views of Dallas and Fort Worth make the tower a favorite perch. The east facing wall is a highly insulated load bearing masonry wall faced in native fieldstone. The mono-sloped roof is composed of 10″ SIPs on laminated wood beams, allowing 8′ long cantilevers over the west facing glazing. Simple slab on grade concrete floors are punctuated by inset end grain Mesquite wood zones. Natural pigmented cement plaster, other Texas woods, copper, slate and glass round out the material palette.
