Feature Work II
The Plateau
Our second feature work is yet another sundeck project we affectionately call “The Plateau,” a giant of a sundeck designed to provide a vast, easily used “plateau” amid the perilously steep slope of its BC Interior setting.
Some buildings look as if they have always been there, and with some finishing landscaping and a few plantings, this deck will certainly be one of these.
Its ground-level sheltered area and sunken hot tub are among The Plateau’s many pleasing features, all intended to promote the feeling of ease and relaxation we expect from time spent pursuing leisure. Plateau Photos
Like all Hunterstruct sundeck designs, The Plateau is intended to integrate the comfortable confines of a home’s interior with the joys of the outdoors.
With this thought at the forefront during design, a deck becomes a kind of threshold area linking not only interior and exterior spaces, but also in a sense, the wilds of nature with the order of civilisation. A well designed deck offers its user the pleasures of both.
And like The Plateau, a soundly planned, nicely built deck will be around a long time, providing users with years of comfort in style. Plateau Photos
Attention To Detail Is Good!
Hunterstruct deck designs ensure that various features of an overall building project are reiterated.
This tried and true design approach focuses specifically on blending the many elements of a new structure into a cohesive whole, while ensuring these features are tied to existing elements of a home and property.
The Plateau’s use of 45 degree angles is a good example of how details can be used to create continuity in a project. Though prominent in its railing and overall shape, these angles are subtly echoed thoughout the deck plan including in its access steps. Plateau Detail Photos | Structural Detail Photos
Another example of site unity is found in this deck’s new covered area. A feature of many Hunterstruct decks, The Plateau’s roofed section matches the existing building’s original dormer pitch, helping link home and deck together both visually and physically.
The roof is finished with a durable, baked enamel metal identical to the home’s original roof finish. Its underside is dressed with finish-quality white pine to maintain the project’s prevalent natural wood theme, to increase light reflection on darker days, and to match the home’s existing interior ceiling finish. Plateau Photos
Hunterstruct — Helping Decks Be All They Can Be
Roofed areas in deck plans are a great idea, always proving themselves exceedingly useful.
They offer shelter in less than perfect weather, enabling more opportunities for deck use, while effectively extending the sundeck season to make more of leisure time.
Of course, nothing succeeds like good planning backed by top-notch implementation skills . . .
Why Choose Hunterstruct To Help Improve Your Home And Property ?
Here’s the pitch: The Plateau is a good example of Hunterstruct’s One Call For All building service at work. Yes, we’re committed deck designers and builders, but more, Hunterstruct’s varied experience as a general building contractor shows also in The Plateau’s solid, timber frame patio roof, a time-honoured structure ideal for buildings of any size.
It shows also in The Plateau’s general layout, its solid, well-planned structural elements, and its railing and gate detailing, all demonstrating the consideration of lines and shapes crucial in other of our building areas such as additions, renovations, and home construction.
Whatever hat we’re wearing on a job, each is an opportunity to do what we’re best at: Making homes better than ever. Contact Hunterstruct today to discuss your design/build needs.
Plateau Photos | Plateau Detail Photos | Structural Detail Photos
Take a brief “video walk” on “The Plateau.”
