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Hailey Pavilion

Hailey, Idaho
Lake/Flato Architects

Lake/Flato Architects situated Hailey Pavilion in the perfect site, then adapted it to a new one


Photo: © Lake/Flato Architects
   

By Ingrid Spencer

You’d think that a firm like San Antonio–based Lake/Flato Architects, winners of the AIA’s Firm of the Year Award in 2004, might not be interested in designing a pool house with a mere 646 square feet of air-conditioned space (1,780 including decks) on a 120-acre ranch, especially as far away from the firm’s Texas base as Hailey, Idaho. Not so. “We’re interested in projects at all different scales,” says Lake/Flato associate partner Brian Korte, AIA. “Sometimes the quick turnaround and the need for efficiency of space in a small project make it the most challenging and interesting.”

For Korte, who served as project architect on the tiny pavilion, the key challenges were making the most out of materials and a difficult site. Fortunately, Lake/Flato has made its name designing healthy, sustainable buildings that respond to their place. The architects carefully set the structure and 20-meter lap pool on a flood plain nestled among woods and near the ranch’s main house and horse pasture. But then they were thrown for a loop. The East Coast–based clients, who spend several months a year enjoying the Idaho lifestyle, decided to move—literally—to greener pastures 13 miles away and wanted to take their pavilion with them. “It wasn’t meant to be moved,” says Korte. “But we worked with our engineer to come up with a solution to lift the pavilion structure off the existing foundation.”

The original pavilion contained living, sleeping, and bathing areas, as well as a kitchen/bar, storage, and pool mechanicals. The entire building with its surrounding decks moved to the new site, while the pool, its mechanicals, and its adjoining deck stayed. Winter-tight and able to withstand the 125-pound snow loads that are common in Hailey for up to six months of the year, the pavilion has an insulated, cantilevered shed roof, covered with a layer of corrugated aluminum. Inside, cedar planks clad the plywood ceiling. While not anticipating that the structure would be moved, Korte nevertheless designed the building to sit lightly on the land, floating on a rigid steel frame system composed of oiled-steel pipe columns, alternating from 6 to 12 feet apart, and composite rafter flitches clad in reclaimed Douglas fir. Organized like a modern pole barn, the pavilion has Ipe-wood-clad volumes for the bathroom, steam-shower area, and storage set between structural bays. The multifunctional living area opens to the landscape, as floor-to-ceiling glass doors edged in vertical-grain Douglas fir slide open, making the covered Ipe deck part of the communal space.

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the People

Owner
Withheld at Owner’s Request

Architect's firm
Lake|Flato Architects, Inc.
311 Third Street Suite 200
San Antonio, Texas 78205
P 210.227.3335
F 210.224.9515
www.lakeflato.com

           
Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit
Brian Korte AIA
Associate Partner and Project Architect

Jay Pigford AIA- Project Captain
Vicki Yuan

Engineer(s)
Datum Engineering
Scott Williamson P.E.
1609 Shoal Creek Blvd. #201
Austin, Texas  78701
www.datumleicester.co.uk/

Consultant(s)

Lighting:
Lake|Flato Architects

General contractor:
Bishop Builders Inc.
Tor Jensen
128 Saddle Road
Ketchum, Idaho 83340
www.jbishopbuilders.com/

Photographer(s)

Brian Korte AIA
Lake|Flato Architects, Inc.
210.227.3335

Renderer(s)

Heather Weiler
Denise DeLeon
both of Lake|Flato Architects

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
Arris
www.arrisi.com

Adobe Photoshop
www.adobe.com

the Products

Structural system:
Steel frame, plywood shear wall infill, concrete spread footing foundation

Exterior cladding

Metal:
18 gauge flat seam mild steel panels

Wood:
1x6 Ipe` shiplap siding, random width Ipe` decking

Roofing

Metal: 
22 gauge corrugated Galvalume “C” panels over WR Grace Ice and Watershield
www.galvalume.com

Windows

Wood:
Dynamic Windows and Doors
www.dynamicwindows.com

Glazing

Glass:
Cardinal 1” insulated Low E coated

Insulated-panel or plastic glazing:
Kalwall translucent panel above shower
www.kalwall.com

Doors

Entrances:
Dynamic Windows and Doors
www.dynamicwindows.com

Wood doors:
Custom Ipe rail and stile

Sliding doors:
Dynamic Lift and Slide Doors
www.dynamicwindows.com

Hardware

Locksets:
Valli and Valli
www.vallievalli.com

Hinges:
Hager

Cabinet hardware:
Blum
www.blumhinges.com

Hafele
www.hafeleonline.com

Interior finishes

Wood ceilings:
Resawn cedar plywood panels

Cabinetwork & custom woodwork:
Custom Birch veneer plywood

Paints and stains:
Devoe Low VOC Paint, Flood Sealants
www.devoepaint.com

Wall Paneling:
16 Ipe shiplap siding

Special surfacing:
18 gauge flat seam mild steel panels, Galvalume panels in shower
www.galvalume.com

Countertops:
Stainless Steel

Wood flooring:
1x6 tongue and groove Ipe

Lighting

Interior ambient lighting:
Owner provided Noguchi pendant

Task lighting:
BK Lighting/RAB
www.bklighting.com

Exterior:
BK Lighting/RAB
www.bklighting.com

Controls:
line voltage switching

Plumbing

Kohler
www.kohler.com

Sonoma Forge
www.sonomaforge.com

RAIS wood burning stove
www.rais.com/

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