Robinson’s Bay House | Deephaven, Minnesota
Designed for an open site that was subdivided from a large estate property overlooking Robinson’s Bay of Lake Minnetonka. The property had a “view corridor easement” that prescribed the new house placement and height that
would not impact the view of the Lake from the historic estate home to the east. The new two-level house is designed for a family of three with outdoor courtyard and terrace spaces on the east and west sides of the house extending the living space to the outdoors. The property drive weaves through an existing wooded area that leads to a car court for the garage north of the house, nestled into the sloped site to respect the view corridor.
The main level Living space of the house and is defined by a single sloping roof plane “folded” to become end walls of zinc panels. The outdoor rooms are carved out of the zinc sloped plane and expressed by large windows and natural cedar siding and trim expressing the structure and pergola. Two private outdoor rooms are created on the east side of the house, while two public outdoor terraces are created on the west side of the house punctuated by a stone retaining wall. The Lower level incorporates exercise, office and guest suite spaces.
Completion: Summer 2022
Size: 4,200 sf
Design Team:
Tim Alt, NCARB, AIA, CID
Roger Cummelin
Nick Woods
Consultants:
Stroh Engineering
General Contractor:
MDS Remodeling
Photographer:
Round Three Photography