Canyon House | Paul Hirzel
Designed by Paul Hirzel, The Canyon House. The owners (Ken Campbell, a professor of veterinary Physiology at Washington State University and his spouse Jean Campbell, an attorney) wanted a year-round retreat “to cultivate the spiritual aspects in the trinity of human, fish, and river” (their words). Â A place to write, sleep, talk, eat, read, fish, cleanse, garden and wander??. away from their work in Pullman, Washington ? 50 miles from the site. Also, they wanted a wilderness place for their grandchildren to visit.
Photography: Art Grice
Site: Â 40 acres on the southern side of the Clearwater River canyon – 10 miles upstream from Lewiston, Idaho.
Intentions: Â The retreat program was divided into two buildings: “the bunkhouse” is settled into a ravine along a seasonal stream and “the studio house” is perched on a finger ridge where a slope of bunch grass and Idaho fescue meet a Ponderosa Pine forest about 300 feet above the Clearwater River. Â The program was separated to encourage wanderings on the site and to create a triad of destinations…. the third destination is a perfectly shaped basalt knoll that provides a commanding observation point of the canyon. We resisted siting the house there, as it seemed appropriate to let it remain an “outside place”. Â The location of the studio house was determined by where you would have the best fish sighting. To use the owner’s words, ?to mark the holding spot of st...
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