Canadian firm Chevalier Morales Architectes has built a family home in rural Quebec featuring darkened wood cladding and a low-slung angular roof, as a "reinterpretation of the work of Frank Lloyd Wright".
As its name suggests, the Vallée du Parc Residence sits in a valley surrounded by hilly landscape, which formed the setting for Canadian television series Les Filles de Caleb ? a period drama that aired in the 1990s.

"The conceptual development of this project was tinted from the start with a touch of nostalgia," said Chevalier Morales Architectes.
"Open views, rolling hills, old barns, perch fences and wildflowers: every aspect of the site was constantly bringing back this historical fiction of rural Québec at the beginning of the twentieth century."
In keeping with this vision, the firm designed the single-storey house so as not to detract from the site's natural beauty.
The roofline of the 4,671-square-foot (434-square-metre) building has various pitches and angles, which are also visible inside, to resemble the rolling terrain.

"From a distance, the eye is attracted by the complex angular roof that establishes a geometrical reciprocity with the surrounding hills," the firm said.
The roof was designed without overhangs, allowing for continuity with the vertical planes to further relate to the shape of the hills.

"The roof forms a whole with the exterior walls, reinforcing the impression of a singular architectural obje...