View can be everything to a project, often the principal reason a particular site is selected. Designing to capture a view requires a few unique skills and creative methods.
We recently were hired to design a home outside of Livingston Montana on an open hillside with a spectacular view to the Paradise Valley entrance into Yellowstone Park. We took pictures at the site and used them to study window patterns, which modulate the view.
Patterns were cut out of a white sheet of paper and moved across photos of the views. We could thus study orientation window size and overall panorama simultaneously.
I’d say from the construction photo we just received, this method seems to have worked pretty well!
Dale Mulfinger is SALA's renowned Cabinologist and is featured in this month's Minnesota Monthly magazine. If you'd like to take a look at more of Dale's clever design solutions, visit his profile page! Or if you'd like to peruse more articles of Dale's on the SALA Blog, READ ON!