Maison Goulet by Saia Barbarese Topouzanov

That house looks really warm from this perspective, standing out in the snowy woods. What makes those windows glow with such warmth? For one, much of the home's interior surfaces are clad in wood...

Saia Barbarese Topouzanov Architects designed Maison Goulet as a welcoming shelter isolated in a harsh landscape. The wood-clad interiors are open, lofty spaces that also manage to express coziness and warmth.

We love the woodgrain pattern covering modern, angular surfaces devoid of other trim or decoration. How about you, do you think it works?

Comments (12)

it's a bit much. i think it needs more inside, and then i would like it. not sure.

posted by jln3681 on September 16th 2008 at 9:55am
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It's interesting to look at.
Architecture is the art here, which gives the feeling of being inside the canvas, so to speak.

posted by guerilla on September 16th 2008 at 10:03am
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Love it! This is a fantastic and inovative use of wood...I'm ready to pack my U-haul.

posted by Sweet Bait on September 16th 2008 at 10:13am
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This house is amazing! Love it! Wood is the one hard surface, for me, that is beautiful, warm, and glowing. So gorgeous. I want to move in now!

posted by leen on September 16th 2008 at 10:30am
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There's so little in the rooms that it's hard to get a sense of scale. Are those enormous chairs, or a teeny stove?

posted by amt230 on September 16th 2008 at 10:45am
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i love the architecture, dislike the furnishings. Perhaps it would work as a vacation home furnished so sparsely, but I'd like to see it a bit more realistically furnished!

posted by aglewis106 on September 16th 2008 at 12:09pm
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too. much. wood.

posted by particlebored on September 16th 2008 at 12:38pm
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i probably would want a few white walls in there, but it is quite beautiful. i would love a floorplan, though :-D

posted by maike on September 16th 2008 at 1:21pm
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I must say I have never seen plywood (good quality) used in such a nice way. It must of been sanded a lot and finished with at least 3 layers of something good.
Love that first photo from the woods---I would want to light the woods up a lot to see the trees and snow from the house.

posted by poptart on September 16th 2008 at 1:34pm
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la da dee da da...Goulet! Sorry, had an SNL Will Ferrell flashback.....

posted by MelissaLeigh on September 16th 2008 at 5:33pm
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more wood! more wood!

posted by charlenemcbride on September 17th 2008 at 2:23am
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Plywood looks cheap, any way you cut it.

posted by bromelia on March 11th 2009 at 8:14pm
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