HOUSES BUILDERS CALL HOME, Residences that reflect the person and the profession

Perched on a magnificent site overlooking Puget Sound, architect Brad O'Neill's home features an eastern stick exterior with cedar shake roof and siding. "The mark of a first-class house in the Pacific Northwest is its use of high-quality wood products," says O'Neill. "This is 'wood country' here." Completely separate from the main house (lower structure on left), the home's garage provides a base for the O'Neill's design/build studio above it.


O'Neill and his wife Diane enjoy the vista from the balcony of their home office.

Sound Design, by Ann Matesi
Change is a good thing, according to architect and custom-home builder, Brad O'Neill. "Peoples' needs and desires are constantly evolving during their lifetime," he says, "and this process should be reflected in where they live."

"My philosophy is that one should expect to move to a new residence every five to seven years. This seems to be the time frame that mirrors significant transitions in peoples 'lives,", says O'Neill, who designed and built three homes for his family. "As their lifestyles change, so do their needs."

O'Neill's latest personal project is a dramatic, 4640-square foot home located in pictursque Blaine, Washington. Perched on a mountainside overlooking Drayton Cove on Puget Sound, it has everything he and wife Diane need - for now.

Rising to a dramatic peak, floor to ceiling windows, provide a vista of Drayton Cove from O'Neill's living room.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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