Wood takes centre stage in this riverside dwelling in Oregon by American office Landry Smith Architect, complete with black cedar siding and an interior made from white oak boards.
The Divine House is a bungalow located outside of the city of Eugene, sitting just above water-level and overlooking a bend in the McKenzie River.
The house overlooks the McKenzie River
Named after its owner, the property belongs to Roscoe Divine, a retired American track and field athlete.
The new-build house has a rectangular footprint and is topped with a deep-hanging gable roof made of raw corrugated aluminium, which will oxidise and dull over time. It is perched just above water level
The Divine House is situated on the upper end of its plot overlooking the river to remain as far away from the floodplain as possible.
It replaces an old, rotting house believed to have been built by someone from the local timber industry "many, many years ago".
"It was a cosy but dilapidated little structure with an open carport that looked out onto the river,"  founder and architect Landry Smith told Dezeen. "This was an idea that carried on."
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