Residential Series #3: Hillside Cottage

Set into a North Carolina hillside site with views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Cottage is part of a small campus in which the two main buildings carry distinct architectural identities shaped by our clients’ design sensibility. Drawing from Southern and English Victorian architecture—a vocabulary of gabled rooflines, patterned wallpapers, and paneled walls—traditional elements are reinterpreted for contemporary living. What presents as a modest homestead from the road unfolds into a carefully organized 3,000-square-foot residence shaped by functional clarity, flow, and framed views.