The Walnut House impresses with its modern design and livable home for all seasons with little to no maintenance, Walnut House building which promotes open space and the state of lighting art, in outdoor dining and garden terraces to be viewed and be accessible year-round.
Materials for the house were chosen based on their low-maintenance: galvanized metal siding, insulated aluminum curtain-wall windows, exposed interior/ exterior concrete walls, composite veneer wood panel siding and ceiling finishes, exposed steel framing at the roof and window walls. Some of the simple passive and sustainable features used in the design were: rainwater harvesting, solar hot water heating and storage, in-floor radiant heat, cork tile floors, natural day-lighting, expandable spray-on insulation, Individual room controlled HVAC, single-ply membrane roof and low voltage lighting.
The Walnut house is situated a few miles outside of McMinnville on 2.5 acre sloping site in a walnut grove. The overall house design could be called as wonderfully glassy and spacious. It separated for two wings: the north one for the private Master Bedroom suite and home office; the south one for the living, dining and kitchen areas. Designer Giulietti/Schouten Architects. [Via]
