Lizroch

Contemporary shoreline design treats the view as a structural input rather than decoration. The house is arranged around where the water sits, and everything else follows from that decision. Among the Lake Michigan waterfront homes for sale  built in the past two decades, the difference is obvious. Newer developments such as White Pine  were planned around sightlines from the start. Glass Walls and Open Plan Living Full height glazing has replaced the punched window as the default on new construction. The effect is that the water reads as a wall of the room rather than something framed at a distance. Scale is part of what makes this work. Lake Michigan behaves more like an inland sea than a lake, and USGS material on lakes and reservoirs  sets out why a body of water this size produces a horizon rather than an opposite shore. Elevation, Orientation and Sightlines Raising the main living floor by even half a level changes what is visible over the bank. Architects working o...