Project Details
- Project Name
- Hillsden Residence
- Project Types
- Single Family
- Year Completed
- 2015
- Shared by
- Lloyd Architects
- Team
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Warren LLoyd, Principale Architect
Matt Hintze, Project Manager
- Consultants
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General Contractor: Marsala and Company,Interior Designer: Ann Tempest
- Project Status
- Built
- Style
- Modern
In a historic farm and pasture community southeast of Salt Lake City, Lloyd Architects conceptualized the design for the Hillsden Residence as three simple gables reminiscent of the wooded site’s former 1940s farmhouse-style structure. Its cedar-clad roof, clipped eaves, linear brick, and sustainable rainscreen siding combine to reflect the aesthetic of agrarian structures still standing in the area. Framed by an open courtyard lined with oversized, transparent sliding doors that pull the outdoor landscape in, the home’s cool-toned living spaces open to a trellised southeast-facing patio and private side yard that overlook Mount Olympus and beyond. An operable skylight at the center of the house provides direct sunlight, creating a bright, quiet retreat for the young family that lives there.
Project Description
The Hillsden residence sits at the base of the Wasatch Mountain Range, in Holladay, Utah, twenty minutes southeast of Salt Lake City in an historic farm and pasture community.
The home, which replaced a 1940s structure on a wooded site, was designed for a couple and their three young children, providing a refuge in a natural environment in which to raise their family.
Exploring design ideas with the clients, the design team proposed three simple gables that recall the farmhouse forms of the original house but in an abstracted simple expression. Cedar clad roof, clipped eaves, linear brick, and sustainable cedar rain-screen siding combine to reflect a collective tradition of agrarian structures still standing in the area. The courtyard, which recalls Japanese gardens, allows daylight, breezes, and activity to flow seamlessly from inside to outside.
The existing tree canopy and vegetation on the site preserve the natural look and feel of the landscape. Mature evergreens and shrubs line the perimeter of the property, screening views into the site while allowing views from the property to the peaks of majestic Mt. Olympus beyond.
A bedroom suite opens to a trellised southeast facing patio and private side yard. An operable skylight at the center of the house provides direct sunlight and allows passive ventilation to rise through the space.
For this couple, having a bright, quiet retreat in this wooded site with both contained courtyard places to play and a larger natural landscape to explore creates a unique backdrop to create the story of their family.
