A tan board-and-batten gable with a dark shingle roof, set in pines on red soil.

03SignatureSite visit

Falcon’s Perch Group

Denny Gilliland

A small group of volumes in the pines, still in construction. Sheathed, then clad. The garage bay is still open. Which Signature drawing it began from is to be confirmed.

Began as
Signature House

Shares the Falcon’s Perch name. The drawing, and what changed, to be confirmed.

Program
To be confirmed

Beds, baths, and area, once the drawing is confirmed.

Place
To be confirmed

Region only. We do not publish addresses.

Timeline
To be confirmed

Frame to cladding. Dates from the build record.

Design
HUT

Architecture and interiors, as one.

Build
To be confirmed

Licensed local professionals permit and build.

01How it began

Named with Falcon’s Perch.

The name says it began as that Signature House, or beside it. The drawing, and what the group added, is not in the archive yet.

DrawingPlan

The floor plan of the group, as drawn.

DrawingSite plan

The volumes set among the pines. Drive, pad, which trees stayed.

DrawingSketch

First study of the gable and the garage bay.
On the plan
To be written
On the land
To be written
Interiors
To be written

02The land

Pines, red soil, a gravel drive.

The sheathed gable at the end of a gravel drive, red soil on either side.
The drive

PhotographAerial

Drone still of the volumes in the pines. To be flown.

The visits show pines, red soil, and a drive cut up to the pad. Where the water goes, and which trees were kept, is written here once the record is complete.

03Building

Frame, skin, then the bay.

Photographs from the visits, in the order the house was made. Dates come from the build record.

  1. To be confirmed

    Foundation

    Not yet in the archive.

    PhotographFoundation

    The pad, once a photograph of this site is in the archive.
  2. To be confirmed

    Framing

    The gable goes up in the pines. Inside, the loft wall is still open studs.
    The roof framed, sheathing started on the lower walls, pines behind.
    The gable
    Inside the gable: rafters, a stud wall for the upper opening, subfloor.
    Inside
    The gable room framed, the window wall open to the trees.
    The window
  3. To be confirmed

    Cladding

    Board and batten on. The garage bay still open, material stacked inside.
    Tan board-and-batten, a black door, and the garage bay still open.
    The bay

04The house

Not finished. This is as far as the visits go.

PhotographInteriors

The rooms, once they are closed and furnished.

FilmThe group, in one take

A slow walk up the drive, past the bay, to the gable. To be filmed.

05The people

In the owners’ words.

Recorded on site. Published with permission.

Sample quote. Replace with the owners’ words, recorded on site, published with their permission.

The ownersInterview · To be recorded

Sample quote. What they would tell someone building more than one volume on a wooded lot.

The ownersInterview · To be recorded

AudioInterview

A short film or audio piece, 2–3 minutes, on site.

06Journal

Written along the way.

07Where it stands

The record.

  1. To be confirmedSite visitThe lot walked. Pines, red soil, the drive cut in.
  2. To be confirmedIn constructionGable framed. Inside, the upper wall is still open studs.
  3. To be confirmedIn constructionSheathed, then clad in board and batten. The garage bay still open.

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