![Loop Residence / Heliotrope Architects - Windows, Forest](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5006/fa00/28ba/0d41/4800/07e1/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074014)
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Architects: Heliotrope Architects
- Area: 2400 m²
- Year: 2010
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Photographs:Sean Airhart
Text description provided by the architects. The Loop Residence is a new home situated on a rock outcropping several hundred feet above the ocean. A simple plan utilizing wood frames and a prefabricated roof structure, Heliotrope Architects designed a memorable residence with pristine views.
![Loop Residence / Heliotrope Architects - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5006/fa14/28ba/0d41/4800/07e5/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1414074027)
This residence is situated on its site with a western view across the San Juan Islands. It is constructed of a prefabricated steel moment-frame roof structure with conventional wood-framed ‘boxes’ floating beneath it.
![Loop Residence / Heliotrope Architects - Deck, Handrail, Beam, Balcony](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5006/fa09/28ba/0d41/4800/07e3/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074031)
Exterior walls consist of a custom site-built teak and cedar curtainwall system, with the ‘boxes’ clad in fir milled on the property.
![Loop Residence / Heliotrope Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5006/fa0f/28ba/0d41/4800/07e4/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074019)
Other primary materials include a fir-slat ceiling milled on the property, flagstone floors and stone walls. The owners are building and landscaping the home themselves, with help from assorted highly-talented island craftspeople.
![Loop Residence / Heliotrope Architects - Beam](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5006/fa04/28ba/0d41/4800/07e2/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1414074035)