Fauntleroy

This site was designed in collaboration with the architect and owner to demonstrate the power, mystery, and magic of spatial and programmatic ambiguity. The journey from street to beach involves a series of framed views, borrowed scenery, the flow of water and a blending of architecture and landscape so seamless it is often difficult to tell if one is inside or outside.

The winner of an AIA Honor Award in 2003, architect jurors Shigeru Ban of Tokyo and Brigitte Shim of Toronto said of this project: “The Fauntleroy Residence stands out as an instance of masterful design, an achievement of international stature…Seattle’s climate – mild, sometimes wet, sometimes dry –is welcomed with deep overhanging eaves and the patient sequencing of rooms alternately open and enclosed, covered and uncovered…A continuous stream engages the house along its northern edge, narrowing and then pooling in the way that people, moving through the house, flow or pause and then gather…a world class achievement.”

Architect: George Suyama, Suyama Peterson Deguchi