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| The home was designed with the owners' two cultures — American and Indian — in mind. Main entertaining areas are oriented to a view of Lake Washington. |
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CROSS-CULTURAL PRACTICALITY
North Kirkland
Architects: J. William Curtis and Patricia K. Emmons of Curtis & Emmons Architects
Builder: Context Design Build
Construction cost/size: $1.2 million/3,718 square feet; two bedrooms, three and a quarter baths
The intent: To bridge the cultures of a couple with two children — he's from India, she's American — with a Northwest interpretation of vaastu shastra. That's the Indian form of feng shui that stresses a structure's relationship to the land. Thus this North Kirkland two-story home is oriented for maximum Lake Washington views, has cross ventilation in each room and a private inner courtyard with wood-burning fireplace. The owners selected many of their home's unique finishes, including antique wood doors, in Bombay. Still, as the wife says, the intent was to have a house that's "practical, not showy." The result, she says, feels somewhat like a modern Indian village house.
An unusual sloped and scalloped ceiling treatment is one of the first things visitors see. The feel is somewhat like a modern Indian village house. |
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