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| The front entry provides a straight-through view to the rear of the house, which is described as a "modified traditional." |
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TRADITIONAL, MADE SIMPLE
Seattle's Mount Baker Area
Architect: Mary Johnston of Johnston Architects
Builder: JRJ Development
Construction cost/size: $720,000/3,292 square feet; four bedrooms, two and a half baths
The intent: This is the first of five for-sale homes, each designed by a different architect, that constitute the new Colman Park neighborhood in Seattle's Mount Baker area. Thus architect Johnston had to divine what the client of a home priced at $1.2 million would want. Her solution was to design a "modified traditional" or, as she explains, "In every detail, we tried to modify from the traditional, so in every choice between ornate and simple, we chose simple." The floor plan is highly functional: a garage and play room on the lower level; kitchen and living, dining, and family rooms on the main level and four bedrooms on the top floor. The master suite, painted a soothing warm gray, offers a Lake Washington view.
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Seen from the rear, this new house has a partly buried garage, small fenced yard and balconies for the first-floor family room and second-floor master suite. |
