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Architects: Della Valle Bernheimer
- Area: 2590 ft²
- Year: 2007
- Photographs: Richard Barnes
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Manufacturers: VELUX Commercial, Benjamin Moore, Bosch, California Faucets, Colonial Bronze, Firestone Building Products, GE Lighting, Jeld-Wen, Lightolier, RIFRA, Schiffini, Stone Source, Flor, KWL, Pheoneix Organics, Uniclad
Text description provided by the architects. The Copper House is located in the Hudson Valley on a wooded, six-acre site two hours north of New York City. Clad almost entirely in corrugated copper siding and a mixture of flat-seam and standing seam copper roofing, the skin will age and develop a patina that reflects time through material changes. The three-bedroom house features distinctive, sculpted south-facing skylights that allow light into various public and private spaces.
The ground floor contains two bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, and a home office. An eight-foot tall, 30-foot-long, open bookshelf system runs the length of the ground floor creating a sense of delineation between rooms, while retaining visual connections across the various spaces. The second floor contains a master bedroom, playroom, and attic space, with windows overlooking the sculpted copper skylights.
