Article source: Robert Gurney Architect

Rolling pastures, bordered with dark, stained fences interspersed in woodlands define the Albemarle County, Virginia countryside where this project is located. The new house is sited at the edge of woodland on the crest of a hill, providing vantage view points of the pastures and distant treetops.

Image Courtesy Maxwell MacKenzie Architectural

• Architects: Robert Gurney Architect
• Project: Becherer House
• Location: Albemarle County, Virginia
• Project  Architect: Claire L. Andreas
• Owner :  Withheld
• Contractor:  Shelter Associates, Ltd.
• Engineer: D. Anthony Beale LLC
• Interior Designer: Therese Baron Gurney, ASID
• Photographer: Maxwell MacKenzie Architectural Photographer
• Completed: November 2011
• Software used: Project began with pencil on paper and was then put into AutoCad. 3D modeling in Sketchup was used as a tool for presentation at times.

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