Architecture firm Amalgam Studio has created a long, linear home for an elevated site in the Hudson River Valley, with pine-clad walls and a gabled roof punctuated with skylights.

The Silvernails house is located on a 120-acre (49-hectare) property near the quaint town of Rhinebeck, New York. Perched on a hilltop, the holiday home offers extensive views of the undulating, wooded terrain.
Conceived by Manhattan-based Amalgam Studio, the home's design takes cues from traditional barns that dot the area. Long and rectangular in plan, the dwelling is topped with a gabled roof and features a timber structural frame.

"Much like the traditional community barn-raising events of the past, the entire timber structure of the home was raised as 'bent' frames in one day," the architects said in a project description.
Exterior walls are clad in "plantation pine" infused with bio-based liquid, giving it hardwood characteristics. Resistant to insects and mould, the wood siding was left unpainted and unstained.

"It was applied as a rainscreen to all outside walls and also covers the roofs, using a unique, innovative clip system to the standing seams of roof sheeting ? a first in North America," said the firm.

Encompassing 5,000 square feet (465 square metres), the home has airy rooms and ceilings with exposed timber beams. A series of skylights, along with carefully positioned windows, bring ample natural light into the spaces.

A central stair with floati...