Residential House, Saluda River

SC, United States

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Residential House, Saluda River

SC, United States

Firm

Stephen Tilly, Architect

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

1982

Commissioned by the owner of a steel supplier (and recycler) in 1982, this passive solar house sits on the banks of the Saluda River near Columbia, South Carolina. The owner supplied the framing steel, including the columns that lift the body of the house out of the 100-year flood plain.
The design was an attempt to satisfy most of the relatively modest heating load passively and at the same time take advantage of the river and shade from native Water Oaks to defray cooling requirements.