Salt Lake City House
- PROJECT ROLES
- Jim Olson, Design Principal
- LOCATION & YEAR
- Salt Lake City, UT, 2000
- PROJECT TYPES
- Houses/Apartments
Project Details
Located in the Salt Lake Valley and set against the Wasatch Mountains and Mount Olympus, the L-shaped house uses an open plan to reinforce family interaction and to minimize visual barriers. Large site walls extend into the landscape to form a courtyard featuring old cottonwood trees. A simple, sloped roof pulls the house together, covering both single and double story spaces and reaching out into the courtyard to create a series of protected outdoor spaces. The sloped ceiling surface bounces light deep into the interior of the house, while clerestory lights bring in eastern light with trellises adding filtered light.

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