“We pulled apart one volume and staggered it along the buildable area of the property,” says architect Matthew Ahlberg of Portland firm Barrett Made. The home is clad in unfinished cedar, meant to weather over time.
The Alerce shingles change color when it rains, moving from red to grey. “It’s alive,” says Marambio.
The builders created new, more expansive decks for the cabin and employed larger windows from Marvin.