Project Credits

Design Team credits: 

Thomas V. Lawrence, AIA Willes D. Stauffer

Contractor credits: 

Tollefson Builders, Inc. P.O. Box 100, Chimacum, WA 98325

Photographer credits: 

Benjamin Benschneider

Scope of Work
A home for a retired couple in their mid 60s who were moving ashore after 30 years as live-aboards on a sailboat.

Program
A main cabin with living and cooking spaces and a settee for dining; sleeping quarters for the owners; separate office space; sleeping quarters for the owner's friends and family, many of whom live outside the US; an engine room; ample built-ins and lockers for storage including 200 LF of shelving; and (finally) a bathroom of their own that isn't shared by everyone else in a marina.

A separate building with 2-car garage, work shop, and an accessory dwelling unit

Site
A 10 acre heavily-wooded site on the Olympic Peninsula near Port Townsend. Originally containing a grove of deciduous trees, the building site is a clearing within a forest of fir and cedars.

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