Suncadia - Roslyn, Washington
Prospector Inn

A timber frame Porte Cochere
welcomes visitors to the Prospector Inn
at the Suncadia Recreation Community.

Timber framing is ideally suited to the mountain style architecture envisioned by the developers of Suncadia, an exciting new resort community in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains.

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Timbercraft also designed one of the first private residences to be built in Suncadia. By working closely with the Suncadia Design Review Committee Timbercraft architects and designers arrived at design solutions that met the client's needs, are attractive and complied with the exacting CC&Rs of the development.

Orcas Island

Architect: Opsis Architecture, Portland Oregon

A timber frame roof system for this Orcas Island house covers the 1100 square foot open space that includes a large living/dining room, a covered outdoor room and the master bedroom suite.

Some of the unique features of the Orcas frame are natural log posts and the prominent curve on the bottom chord of the eight king post trusses. Three separate timbers, carefully joined together, form each chord.

Frame for Buttercup Court Raised - July 2005.

Nestled among the ponderosa pines native to the Cascade Mountains, this simple vernacular home applies a craftsman aesthetic to National Park cabin architecture.

A timber framed breezeway offers hints as to the building’s structure, and oversized cedar drop siding, cedar shakes and a standing seam metal roof complete the exterior.

It is not a large house at 2,400 square feet but the Great Room imbues a sense of spaciousness and drama due to a surprisingly high ceiling and a pair of 19th century Howe trusses that flank a second floor catwalk.

Large, peeled-log timbers, rugged stone chimneys and a spectacular view of the Olympic Mountains contribute to the lodge-like feeling of this house. The symmetrical plan features a central great room with two angled wings forming welcoming "arms" around a central entry porch. One wing contains the master bedroom. The guest bedrooms, primarily used by the family's college age children, are located in the opposing wing, A garage, tucked under the house takes advantage of the steep slope.

The house, designed and engineered by Timbercraft, will be built by the owners who are acting as the general contractors and providing much of the labor for the project themselves. This strategy will help to keep the overall construction costs for the project relatively modest.

Susan M. Payne
Project Architect

Sherwood Village, a handsome new assisted living center in Sequim, WA, features a spectacular vaulted timber frame greatroom, and an octagonal dining area. Other rooms in the complex incorporate timber frame roof systems.

Right: The central hall combines logs and timbers.

  Left: Roof assembly lowered onto steel columns.

"We are absolutely loving our new timber-frame home! It is coming along beautifully and is the envy of the neighborhood.

"By the way, the Custom Home Specialist with Tiz Doors out of Everett was out finalizing the door plan with me yesterday. He shared that he has been in over 600 upper-level, custom homes. Without a doubt, he explained, our home was absolutely the most primo home that he has visited. He was in awe of the construction of the Great Room.

"Le Chateau du Reve is blossoming and it is beautiful. We found a local artist to carve those exact words in the great timber that separates the Great Room from the dining room. It is our thumbprint on a dwelling that will long out live us!

Thank you, Judi"