Modern design and functionality combine with Natural Artistry to create this magnificent Rabun Gap retreat in the Northeast Georgia Mountains. Architects Mack Scoggin and Merrill Elam, who won the 2012 Cooper Hewlett Award for Best Architects in America, designed this home to blend seamlessly with the beautiful wooded surroundings outside while remaining affably personal inside. Designed to make maximum use of interior as well as exterior spaces, the living areas of this 3 bedroom, 4 and one half bath home coalesce to convey a unique feeling of solitude. The floor to ceiling windows which comprise many of the outside walls add to the harmonious relationship of this home to it’s lush 21 acre natural setting.
The complex arrangement of glass panes, flat surfaces, and open space define pathways through which natural light permeates the living space. The floors mimic the natural resources that abound in this area of the state. Comprised of a variety of hardwoods, granite and stone the floor surfaces transition easily yet firmly define the interwoven interior living space.
Upon entry the two story, well lit foyer leads down a wide hallway to the main living area of the house where the open floor plan allows a view from the kitchen into the family room. For entertaining, there is a large combination living room dining room, and the oversized 900 sq. ft. screened porch with a fireplace serves as an outdoor extension of the public spaces in the main house, living room, and dining areas. The detached guest house which is itself a marvel was the winner of the 2007 AIA Honor Award. This guest cottage features a glass bedroom cantilevered off a two-car garage, as well as a large parking pad. The main home offers an outside deck and patio, and both it, and the guest house have outdoor terraces allowing you to enjoy the great outdoors while relaxing at home.
If you’d prefer a more personal encounter with nature, this modern home in the Appalachian Mountains offers many options. In addition to the nearby pristine lakes of Rabun and Burton, this retreat offers breathtaking vistas, a stream, two ponds, and hiking paths, the home is located near two of Georgia’s highest mountains peaks. Sixty percent of the land in Rabun County is in either State Parks or National Forests and Rabun contains a larger percentage of the Chattahoochee National Forest than any other county. Portions of both the Appalachian and Bartram Trails traverse the county and there are numerous trout streams, lakes, and picturesque waterfalls.
This home is built to recharge mind, body and soul as it bathes you in artistic luxury while immersing you in the natural beauty of the Appalachians.
Three Bedrooms, Four Full and One Half Bath
Offered at $1,750,000
10 Barkers Creek Lane
Rabun Gap Georgia 30568
Yetty Arp
404.863.2116
866.919.3607
yettyarp@atlantafinehomes.com