X House - Single Level Holiday Home Design Overlooking Surrounding Forest and Waterfront

The architects: Our clients had lived in many different places, and had built several new homes. This place, this home, is different. It is next door to a property that had been in the family for years, a multi-generational cabin along the south shore of Lake Superior on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Remembering long summers spent on the shore, our clients wanted a legacy home for themselves and their children, similar to the family cabin, but more comfortable and convenient, but just as enduring. It would represent their commitment to the land and serve as anchor to the family to this place over time. The shore line is made up of large boulders, stone cliffs and small sandy cove beaches. The house sits on a rocky promontory between two coves with sandy beaches. A single level house allows a low profile in a largely pine forest and gives the family a more accessible home as they age. The ability to find yourself in varied settings with multiple views of forest, coves and the great expansive horizon of La