PROJECT TEAM
Developer & Designer| Springer Design Group
Builder | Northstar Builders
Architect | WOW Atelier
This Skyridge home features a stunning minimalist take on traditional design. White cedar in contrasting tan & black finishes were used, left untouched for subtle color and texture variation breaking up the pattern for a raw mountain feel.
White Cedar is a rare wood native to southern Oregon and Japan primarily known for being the species used to build the worlds oldest still standing wood structure ; the Horyu-ji Temple in Japan. It naturally holds it's color and structure extremely well making it a great option for homes in harsh climates.
Despite a consistent semi transparent finish, we created a subtle rustic variation by leaving two characteristics of the cedar timber alone on this home...
Due to the immense size of white cedar timbers we source from Southern Oregon, they are broken down with a large circle saw as well as a band saw. This creates a random variety of circle and band sawn textures.
When we kiln dry White Cedar, the high oil content exposed to heat naturally builds up a random natural dark streaking on the surface.
On this project we opted to not re-saw the face and remove the sawn texture and color variation, but allow it to show through adding a variety of truly unique raw character.
This home is is left as a reminder to us all that sometimes, less, is much more.
