CLT House: 2025 Honor Award Winner

Описание: 2025 AIA Wisconsin Honor Award Winner
CLT House in Hubertus, WI

"The use of CLT [Cross-Laminated Timber] is well done—clearly mindful of its impact while still very functional as a single-family home, and carried out with admirable restraint." - Alyssa Manypenny Murphy, AIA, 2025 Juror

CLT House, overlooking Amy Bell Lake, is the first private residence in Wisconsin constructed with Cross Laminated Timber, marking a significant step in the state’s architectural evolution. Designed as a linear, low-slung form with a simple, efficient floor plan, the home emphasizes horizontality, transparency, and connection to the surrounding landscape. CLT was selected for its sustainability, thin roof profile, and ability to shorten the construction timeline, reducing costs and labor. The approach sequence moves through a south-facing porte-cochère—flanked by a small garage and workshop—that frames glimpses of the lake and facilitates access between land and water.

Inside, a light-filled living hall combines kitchen, dining, and lounge areas, with floor-to-ceiling glazing opening to a lakeside patio and a trellised southern garden. Two compact bedrooms share a single bath at the rear. The restrained material palette pairs warm-toned timber with monochromatic siding and polished concrete floors, while exposed beams express the modular logic of the structure. Extending beyond the exterior walls, the beams generate shifting patterns of light and shadow, enhancing both interior and exterior surfaces and underscoring the home’s precise craftsmanship and tectonic clarity.

Architecture Firm: Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Design Architects: Brian Johnsen, AIA + Sebastian Schmaling, AIA, LEED AP
Design Team Members: Ben Penlesky, Matt Wendorf
Owner: David Johnson
General Contractor: Wendorf, LLC
Consultant: Structural: Core 4 Engineering
Photography: John J. Macaulay