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Copper Leaf Studio

i thank you god for most this amazing day:
for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and
a true blue dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

e e cummings

  Program Overview
A Studio for the Architect’s wife’s graphic design
business. The building is portable, sitting on a gravel
foundation with frost protection.


Design Features
Construction is wood framed, with a frost protected
floor sitting on a gravel base. The roof is in the
shape of a Tulip tree leaf, and covered in copper
clad shingles. The flooring is bamboo. The desktops
are cork. The exterior walls are MDO plywood with
bamboo planting rods.

e e cummings poem (left) is under the roof soffit.


Design and Construction
Groundswell Architects (Ted Montgomery)

Client
Sarah Montgomery Design
     
  Copper Laef Studio
     
  Studio interior
     
 
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