Cement Creek Residence

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Cement Creek Residence

Firm

Harry Teague Architects

Type

Residential › Private House

SIZE

3000 sqft - 5000 sqft

While the site for this house is drop-dead
gorgeous, it also happens to be in a mountain valley that records some of the
most extreme weather in the nation, with temperatures ranging from forty below
to ninety above. And while the site receives tremendous amounts of snow, it
also paradoxically enjoys three hundred-plus sunny days per year, which was
critical to the clients who make this their full-time residence. In response to
these conditions, the house was designed to employ both passive and active
strategies to gather and store solar radiation, and materials were selected
both for their green merits and for their ability to improve and patina with
age, rather than require maintenance.