This off-grid home by Kyu Sung Woo Architects features a minimal interior that opens out onto a forest clearing in the mountains.
The principle of Kyu Sung Woo (KSW) Architects wanted to build a home in southern Vermont, where his family could gather on weekends and holidays.

The Putney Mountain House sits perched at the edge of a sloped meadow, striding a rocky outcropping. The architect organised the two volumes of the main building in shear.
"The volumes follow the contours of the slope stepping up the hill to engage the site, while a new addition continues the sweep of the volumes along the slope," the firm said.

A third component joins the two cuboids where their lengths overlap. The east facade of the connecting volume recedes to accommodate a porch followed by the building's atrium. Glazing along the walls of the entryway provide a bright impression of the home. Sliding wooden doors flank the threshold on either side, leading to the south living quarters and the north recreation space.

An east-facing garage takes up roughly a quarter of the south section's ground-floor plan. A long kitchen and a bedroom occupy the remainder.
Sliding glass doors form 5.5 metres of the dining room's south wall. The glazing can be opened onto a shallow porch with broad views of the sloping meadow.

"The building is framed entirely in dimensional lumber with a prefabricated wood truss providing a large span opening at the kitchen/dining area," said the architects....