View Slideshow Meeting the challenge to gently place a home into a valley below the access road and adjacent to a scenic river, Weston Residence is both a primary residence and an award-winning example of minimal site impact architectural design.  Continue reading below Our Featured Videos Specht Architects designed the home, a 2,400-square-feet house that rests along the shores of the Saugatuck River in Connecticut. Purposefully built to create a small footprint and blur the lines between the home and the lush surroundings, Weston Residence’s first impression begins with the drive down from the road above where visitors get their first glimpse of multiple tiers of green roofs. Related: These low-cost housing solutions are made from bamboo Covered in locally-sourced succulent plants year-round, the roof effectively makes up a fifth facade of the home, and it’s not just visible from above.…