Whidbey Retreat

Set on Whidbey Island, this project expands an existing residence with a carefully integrated addition that complements the home’s original character and its natural surroundings. The scope includes new framing, along with replacement of the roof and select exterior walls. Upper-level framing is modified to extend the water-facing elevation and create stronger connections to the landscape.

The addition is framed with a steel post-and-beam structure, infilled with wood-framed walls, floors, and roofs—an approach that emphasizes material while allowing flexibility in form and finish. Plywood-sheathed floors and roofs provide structural rigidity, with concrete topping slabs and radiant floor systems incorporated at select levels. Wind and seismic forces inherent to the island site inform the proportion and composition of the framing.