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ELLIJAY FALLS LODGE Rand
Soellner Architect is designing this spectacular log mansion for a
300 acre site near Franklin, NC. The home will have about
8,000 heated square feet and features a remarkable Rand Soellner
Architect trademarked window & door system that uses groups of
sliding doors up to 12 feet tall that retract and hide completely
when fully opened, resulting in nothing in the way of your view to
your site! The great room area encompasses the Hearth Room,
Dining, Kitchen and Reading areas, all of which has been pushed into
the view of the site so that 3 sides of this space have the large,
retractable doors, which places this lucky homeowner right into his
view with little to no obstructions. No where else on planet
Earth will you find this high-quality level of luxury home design
refinement: Big Ideas with fine detailing. A large motor court
gives access to a separate timber frame work shop, 3-car garage
area, guest quarters over the garage, breezeway/decks, front
entrance, and a playful series of steps and platforms that lead to a
home office that can be accessed from the front motor courtyard or
the home’s interior (for those of you with home office that
wish to preserve the privacy of your home). This homeowner
wanted Rand’s trademark Big Log western log look, with 3
foot diameter log posts supporting the front porch roof. |
This custom handcrafted log cabin
uses 14” diameter standing dead timber for its walls, inside
and out. A tin roof (actually galvanized steel) caps the whole
thing off. Classic gable dormers invite sunlight into one of
the upstairs bathrooms and the Great Room area. Large, flared
cedar logs support the rocking chair front porch on the entry
elevation and on the side elevation, which offers a spectacular view
to Whiteside Mountain (the oldest mountain on Earth). Special
large glass is being fabricated for this grand view (by an Atlanta
skyscraper glazing company), to allow unobstructed views of the
nature views. Rand Soellner designed a site arrangement
allowing a side-end-load garage, which means the garage is invisible
from the entry elevation of the home. This homeowner had very
particular requirements in the design, which Rand Soellner Architect
incorporated, including finding a very well-qualified general
contractor to build it.
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