TIMBERFRAME, POST and BEAM HOMES

by North Woods Joinery

ARTICLES > Ski Mountain Life March/April 2006

BLUEPRINT

Location Cambridge, Vt. Closest skiing Smugglers’ Notch, 10 minutes away
Square footage 5,540 Lot size 50 acres Architect Sam Scofield, based in Stowe
Building materials The home is timber-frame construction, a 2,000- year- old method that employs mortise-and-tenon joints—rather than the walls themselves—to support the structure. The result harks back to 19th-century barns, which were predominantly built using this method.
Design strategy The owners wanted their ski home to be comfortable above all else. To create warmth, they left the wood natural and chose an earth-toned palette.

Reprinted from Ski Mountain Life with permission. © Ski Mountain Life 2006.