Peter Rose + Partners

Organized along a tapering axis that both funnels breezes and captures landscape views, the building takes a deferential stance with respect to the landscape, through the calibrated placement of concrete, wood, and glass, with each material designed to express its natural characteristics. Concrete structure and cores remain exposed in juxtaposition to a slatted Cypress rain-screen, which will weather to a natural grey, letting the lakeside building recede into the wooded context. A glazed passage with a planted roof and southern exposure provides a warm, bright connection for winter yogis moving between the Housing Tower and the existing retreat building during cold weather, yet the passage itself remains invisible from the garden just to the north. A slight bend in plan telegraphic from corridor to façade, directs views toward either the lake or the hills, while editing adjacent buildings from view.