Project Description: The Hillside House is located on a rolling piedmont site overlooking a long-established golf course and within the stringently controlled riparian buffer of the Chattahoochee River. The aesthetics of the house follow a straightforward refined minimalism with all features fulfilling either functional requirements or goals for energy conservation. A compact two-story footprint allows the six-bedroom house to stay within jurisdictional restrictions to land disturbance. The house and grounds are designed to preserve and wrap around a large silver maple planted in the 1960’s by one of the owner’s mother. Designed for a growing family with strong extended international family ties the house is open and social. Environmental concerns were paramount for the family and the house fits tightly into its microclimate, sitting lightly on the land, saving the majority of existing trees and minimizing grading.
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