windows

One of the homeowner’s daughters, Julia, works at Unique Art Glass, a multi-generational stained glass company owned by her boyfriend’s family. The couple designed two windows for the house, including this one in the dining area.

Light flows into the compact kitchen and living area through walls of glass doors that lead to a walled patio.

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'Betasso Overlook' is aptly named for its view of Betasso Nature Preserve, 1,100 acres of single-track trails through ponderosa pine forest, granite rock outcroppings, and summertime wildflowers.

The house’s construction employs an aluminium-and-plastic composite structure and double-glazed insulated sash. The large openings use wood sashes with higher thermal insulation to minimise energy loss.

Many of the rooms feature floor-to-ceiling windows that open into the surrounding desert.

“The owners were especially disciplined in maintaining calmness in all material and product choices,

The lofted bedroom is bookended by windows overlooking Ponderosa pines

Family Room View

“The bank of full-height windows brings in tons of southern light, but it also gives the stable a strong street presence, and it ties into the stick-built window pattern already established at the entry to the main house,” Schaer says. The locally-sourced Douglas fir windows and doors were provided by Lindal Cedar Homes.

The contractor rebuilt the coved ceiling with plywood, and restored the original windows, wainscot, and chalk ledge atop the wainscot in the main room. The white table is by Joel Edmondson.

Windows along the new staircase connect the family to the outdoors, and allow more natural light inside.

Though the views of the lush forest are the stars of the show here, Patnaik's art collection has a presence here too, including a diptych by Kokil Gupta that hangs above a low-slung grey sofa.

Oak walls with integrated storage and clerestories supply sleekness for the hallway.

The entry hall culminates in integrated shelving with arches that echo the archways of the walls.

Original transom windows from 1929 were preserved during the two month renovation.