Article source: Wittman Estes

Aldo Beach House transforms a 1940s beach house into a new multi-generational home doubling the livable area while lightly touching the delicate ecology of the waterfront. Two shifting wings hover over the hillside and beach supported by thin steel columns and pin piles. Located on the eastern shore of Hood Canal near the Bangor submarine base, the new beach house includes the original two-bedroom structure for an expanded program of two new bedrooms, two bathrooms, and flex space. The design consists of three distinct parts: the original footprint, and the two projecting wings: the first a south ground floor addition, and the second an upper-level master suite to the north.

Image Courtesy © Andrew Pogue

• Architects: Wittman Estes
• Project: Aldo Beach House
• Location: Hood Canal, Washington
• Photography: Andrew Pogue
• Design Team: Matt Wittman AIA LEED AP, Jody Estes, Ashton Wesley
• Structural Engineer: J Welch Engineering LLC
• Builder: Jack Colgrove Construction

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