Selah Residence, WA Home Project, Yakima County Real Estate, US Architecture Photos
Selah Residence in Yakima County, Washington
July 24, 2020
Selah Residence, Washington State
Design: Stuart Silk Architects
Location: Selah, Yakima County, Washington, USA

The Selah Residence is a four-bedroom residence, situated high on a plateau in the arid landscape of eastern Washington, offers sweeping views across the agricultural valley to the Cascade Mountains and provides a dramatic backdrop to the apple orchards below. Stuart Silk Architects’ clients wanted a home that, while distinctly modern, drew inspiration from the century-old, stone-clad gabled farmhouses in the area.

The design takes its formal language from these homes of the past, and strips it down to its essentials. Extraneous details such as eaves, gutters, and other embellishments are omitted, yielding a simplified, spare aesthetic. The 5,857-square-foot composition is bookended by two tall, stone chimneys, while a stone-and-steel trellis runs north to south in front of the principal living areas, functioning as a brise soleil to filter the intense western sun. A second trellis across the west façade shields the house from the intense, late afternoon sun.
A 15-foot-diameter, 18-foot-tall, glass-topped circular tower provides a dramatic point of entry. Generous glazing provides light-filled interiors. Primary living spaces flank the entry, with the kitchen and family room to the south, and the more formal livi...