Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture

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  • Lead Designer: Rick Berry, Brian Campbell, Takanori Tomita, Cameron Cruse
  • Landscape: Shapiro Didway
  • Country: United States
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Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture - Exterior Photography, Garden
© Pete Eckert

Text description provided by the architects. Five Peaks Lookout sits at the heart of Oregon’s wine country in the Chehalem Mountains. Perched on a site offering expansive views of five different mountains (Jefferson, Hood, Adams, St. Helens, and Rainier), maximizing the scenery while maintaining an intimate connection to the sloped landscape posed a design challenge. With this challenge also came an opportunity to create a solution unique to the site and the client’s vision.

Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade
© Pete Eckert
Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture - Exterior Photography
© Pete Eckert

The home is organized in a bar running south to north with exterior covered spaces carving away at the volume of the bar. The home features floor-to-ceiling windows, and sliding doors are used in every east-facing room, all with the intent to blur the line between inside and out. The interiors are modern and clean, using contrasting blacks and whites and polished concrete floors. A variety of wood accents, like the feature stair treads and the kitchen island, are used throughout the home to warm the space and mirror the surrounding forest.

Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture - Interior Photography, Living Room, Sofa, Windows
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Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture - Exterior Photography, Stairs, Facade, Glass, Handrail
© Pete Eckert
Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture - Interior Photography, Kitchen, Table, Countertop, Windows
© Pete Eckert

In a dramatic move to maximize the view from the public rooms of the home, the living and dining spaces are cantilevered out over a steep drop, capturing a 270-degree view of the site and all five mountain peaks. The cantilever is supported by a concrete double-sided fireplace and chimney structure and floats above the landscape as it slopes more steeply to the north into the valley of a small perennial creek. The cantilever informs the design language carried throughout the home by inspiring ‘suspended’ elements.

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The interior design honors the indoor-outdoor aesthetic by relating finish materials to the architecture outside—the main bathroom’s dark wall tile connects to the ebony-stained exterior siding, which wraps through the glazing and defines the main hallway. Elemental materials like concrete, wood, and steel are used throughout, giving the minimalist architecture richness and a natural feel.

Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade, Garden
© Pete Eckert

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Cite: "Five Peaks Lookout / Scott | Edwards Architecture" 29 Jun 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/984421/five-peaks-lookout-scott-edwards-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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