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Architectural Design Studio V: Building Envelope Design / 2026

Spruce Peak Overlook

A mountain restaurant in Stowe, Vermont

A mountain restaurant organized around the contrast between warm shelter and a cold landscape. Timber, expansive glazing, and a stone base connect the dining spaces to the mountain setting.

Architectural render of a timber and glass restaurant above a stone base in a snow-covered forest.
Winter exterior

Shelter and atmosphere

Daylight and mountain views shape the upper dining room, while the lower lounge uses warm accent lighting and a more enclosed material palette. Envelope studies and a carved terrain model connect the spatial proposal to its site and construction.

Architectural render of a restaurant dining room with tall timber columns, full-height glazing, and mountain views.
Daylit dining room
Architectural render of an amber-lit lounge with a long bar, timber ceiling, stone walls, and wine storage.
Evening lounge
Carved wooden block model of the mountain terrain, showing contoured slopes and ridgelines.
Physical terrain model
Preliminary hand-drawn Spruce Peak detail showing a standing-seam roof, wall, and window transition with layers of insulation and air and vapor barriers.
Preliminary hand study — standing-seam roof, wall, and window transition
Complete architectural drawing sheet showing daylight entering an upper dining room and accent lighting in the lower lounge.
Lighting section

Drawing set

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Drawing preview

Maxwell J. Wiesenfeld, Joan Amuasi, and Angelina Popp

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