This small house for a graphic designer and her husband sits on the heavily wooded eastern shore of Wisconsin?s Door County, a narrow peninsula on Lake Michigan. Embedded in a dense forest of deciduous and coniferous trees, the building?s unassuming volume is quietly nestled in a small clearing at the western edge of the gently sloping site, its low-slung silhouette virtually disappearing in the surrounding vegetation. The building?s restrained exterior material palette is limited to charred cedar siding from Northern Wisconsin, its textured, somber blackness complemented by varnished clear cedar, dark-anodized aluminum, and glass.

Courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects

Architects: Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Location: Door County, WI, USA

Interiors: Johnsen Schmaling Architects

Area: 1855.0 ft2

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects

Courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects

From the architect. This small house for a graphic designer and her husband sits on the heavily wooded eastern shore of Wisconsin?s Door County, a narrow peninsula on Lake Michigan. Embedded in a dense forest of deciduous and coniferous trees, the building?s unassuming volume is quietly nestled in a small clearing at the western edge of the gently sloping site, its low-slung silhouette virtua...