Concrete Home Design On A Rocky Outcrop In The Mountains Facing The Lake

The Rock is a private house in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, designed by London-based architectural practice Gort Scott. Rooted in the landscape, the building comprises a six-bedroom house and a two-bedroom guest house linked by an external terrace. Concrete blades rise from the rocky outcrop, enclosing open-plan living spaces between the dense concrete and a finely crafted timber structure above. The architectural aspiration for this scheme follows Frank Lloyd Wright’s assertion that: “No house should ever be on a hill. It should be of the hill. Hill and house should live together with each the happier for it”. The experience of the site before construction was an incredible and unique moment for the client; as such the role of the architecture was to enhance the natural setting - revealing its drama and particularities. Rather than overpowering the rock, the architecture deliberately highlights it; mindful of the visual impact, the architecture catches the eye of passers-by and places the