Wayzata Residence in Minnesota by Snow Kreilich Architects

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The house is positioned on a broad, flat, shoreline site, providing expansive views across Browns Bay of Lake Minnetonka. The main rooms open as a series of interconnected spaces transitioning from the street to the lake, with the utility and storage functions gathered to the northwest to block sound from a nearby road.

East facade at dusk, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

• Architects: Snow Kreilich Architects
• Project: Wayzata Residence
• Location: Minnesota, USA
• Photography: Paul Crosby, Aksel Coruh
  
• Project Size: 5,500 sf 
  
• Completion Date: August 2017
  

East facade, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

The main floor includes all living and master suite spaces, with the second floor for visiting children and their families. Windows and skylights bring daylight into all occupied spaces. A west-facing balcony on the second floor opens to the sky and provides a winter view to the lake across the point.

Four primary openings—the deep entry porch and broad expanses at the living room, kitchen, and master bedroom—anchor the main rooms’ relationship with the site. Smaller openings create axial views through the house and provide moments of connection to the treed site, gardens, and water.

Site entry, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

Entry court and west facade, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

As avid sailors and long-time residents of Lake Minnetonka, the clients wanted the design of their new home to feel like a lake house. The light and airy color palette and extensive use of wood for the façade and interior finishes gives the house a casual lake house atmosphere, fit for both large and intimate gatherings where visitors can admire the lake and surrounding landscaped site from the expansive patios and open living spaces. Bright white and white-washed oak walls provide a backdrop for the client’s art collection while also creating framed views to the site beyond.

Southeast view, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

Detail of living room dek and master suite deck, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

Detail of patio corner and landscape, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

South facade, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

View of west facade from Lake Minnetonka, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

View from south lawn looking north with master suite and deck in the foreground, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

View from dining room looking east, Image Courtesy © Aksel Coruh

View from hall looking south, Image Courtesy © Paul Crosby

View from kitchen looking south, Image Courtesy © Aksel Coruh

Image Courtesy © Snow Kreilich Architects

Image Courtesy © Snow Kreilich Architects

Tags: Minnesota, USA

Categories: Apartments, House, Residential

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