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- The loft. Space for a desk on the left, a large bed behind the natural branch privacy wall, and on the right plenty of room for closets, dressing area etc.
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- African olive wood table with turquoise and lapiz lazuli inlay.
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- A built in bookcase with yet to be installed carved wood panelling.
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- A view of the 4.5 meter floor to ceiling fire place enclosed by natural stone.
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- Over the years I had collected many large olive tree branches fallen in storms. I used a lot of them for the lower entrance of the camp.
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- Not always easy to walk in between the frame woods.
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- The new owners of Reflections thankfully copied my deck design when refurbishing the old deck.
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- Bathroom wall the the nicely varnished African Sapeli floating stairs.
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- View from the guest house area.
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- The living room is sunk 40 centimeters below the kitchen level.
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- Extensive use of natural branches can be found throughout the project. Stripped of their bark, treated and varnished they are in themselves works of art.
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- The reciprocal frame supported by natural branches harvested from the forest.
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- Another look to the chimney
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- Getting creative in difficult conditions.
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- Another sitting area next to the pool.
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- The double frame roof: conical form frame supported by both itself and the reciprocal frame underneath
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- The bar.
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- Main house on the left. Utility room in the middle and the moon gate main entrance. Above is our energy system.
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- The dog got tired of watching the sheep so now he watches the property.
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- The Reflections Camp bar set impossibly against the towering mountains of Kabak Valley.
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- A curved stone tv wall on the left.
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- A bar on the right, landscaping and decking will complete the picture.
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- Every bathroom should have such a view.
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- Plenty of electrical outlets everywhere.
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- Underneath of the pool lounge roof.
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- The beautiful netural edge stairs.
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- Another example of reciprocal roof.
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- I put built in planters into the new deck making it a highly customized deck.
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- Massive and old olive trees saved from being cut into firewood. I turned them upside down, treated them and embedded them into concrete.
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- With some work we will turn these into polished natural statues. What better way to support the pool lounge.
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- Low sun in the winter months means warm sunshine helping to passively heat the house.
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- After a long winter and spring the bar with its reciprocal frame roof is almost ready.
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- Statuesque natural wood, sanded and polished.
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- Large windows mean great lighting throughout the year.
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- A glimpse of the backyard area from inside the main house.
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- Beautiful but lots of work
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- At Reflections I discovered the beauty of building with natural branches.
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- It was enough to make you crazy!
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- A view of the reciprocal frame ceiling is visible from nearly everywhere in the house.
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- The exceptional moon gate is the entrance point to The Beyler House. The polished branches are a hint of what’s to come.
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- An accurate finished picture of the inside of the main house. As well, the ceiling material covering the frame is different in order to showcase the frame work better.
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- Highly sanded walnut wood with turquoise inlay.
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- Custom cut rafter tips over the pool lounge.
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- Carrying the heavy posts to support the bar columns.
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- Following the natural and open space theme of the camp the shared bathroom was an early favorite at the camp.
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- An accurate finished render of the project.
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- Glass doors that lead to pool area and entrance to bathroom on the right.
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- Floating staircase painstakingly anchored into the bathroom stone wall.
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- A finished render of the backyard area. In reality we have moved the fire pit to the right in consideration of the wind. As well, in the foreground we have added an outside dining space and a bar area just to the left of the pool. Finally, the guesthouse in the background will be a cordwood house.
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- The fire place going all the way to the reciprocal roof.
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- Below Recep and his son Koray lifted the heavy posts into place.
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- The bathroom ceiling.
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- The natural edge stairs and sitting area.
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- One of the first reciprocal frames I built.
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- I first built the platform joists secured to 4 large temporary vertical columns and then fastened the angled columns underneath. When it was all done I removed the temporary columns.
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- Outside the main entrance.
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- A yin yang design. I treated the wood around this fireplace with fire retardant. The eyes of the yin yang are yin yang circles themselves made from colorful glass mosaic by Nevres.
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- Thick Sapeli planks anchored into the stone wall wind their way up to the loft. Below right built in kitchen shelving can be seen.
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- The bathroom wall and the reciprocal roof and you can see the living room all together.
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- Walnut wood with a mix of turquoise and lapiz lazuli inlay.
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- The moon gate before completion.
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- A view from the loft floor level before we built the bedroom privacy wall.
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- The bar and the beautiful mountains of Kabak Valley.
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- The lower entrance.
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- The main entrence of the house and the moon gate.
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- Just waiting for pump installation and the pool will be ready.
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- The first form of the bar platform.
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- The kitchen area. We will add cabinets across the stone wall.
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- The finished frame work for the roof of the main house.
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- African olive wood table with turquoise and lapiz lazuli inlay.
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- Upper windows and the roof eave composed of hundreds of natural branches.
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- The upper windows allow more light for the loft area as well as a great view.
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- Stones of lapiz lazuli compliment the softer crushed turquoise stone inlay.
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