Guest House on a Lake

The guest house serves as a simple retreat overlooking Lake Washington on the western shore of Mercer Island, with an open living, kitchen and dining room on the main floor, and a bedroom with a large roof deck on the upper level. Sited as close to the lake as permitted by code, the structure is elevated above a patio to preserve the flat portion of the site for outdoor use. A flat-seam copper cladding system serves the multiple roles of soffit, siding, and roofing. Design Team: Robert Hutchison & Tom Maul, Hutchison & Maul Architecture Principal-in-Charge: Robert Hutchison