- House Exterior
Glass House Exterior Ideas and Designs
Overview
Make better use of a series of voluminous spaces and create a warm, defined family space.
The Brief
Create clearly defined family spaces focussed on a new kitchen and breakfasting space. Introduce a well-equipped boot room and finesse the ground floor architecture of a detached home in a brilliant setting.
Our Solution
Our clients wanted to have a warmer and more defined kitchen/diner/family space that overlooks a communal garden. The space was light but cold and the layout poorly defined and equipped so we were tasked with introducing specific ‘moments’ within the area which had masses of height but felt too open. The specification of the glass box we inherited was poor, so we replaced the glass and added an oriel window and sliding doors to the rear elevation while creating a fireside nook, high spec kitchen and boot room and a banquette area for casual dining. We developed internal joinery items for storage and multimedia while helping the client specify the flooring, lighting and soft furnishings. The results are spectacular.
Photo by Simon Maxwell
Modern meets classic - shanepdoyle69
View of from the bunk house looking back toward the main house.
Photo Credit : Andy Beasley
Gorgeous garden from outside - webuser_7223134887
View of house from Highgate Cemetery
Photography: Lyndon Douglas
Clint Miller’s commitment to empathetic use of the Sonoran is exemplified in his family’s new home in Carefree. Miller purchased a home which had been reduced to a few standing walls but which occupied a classic desert lot in an older area of Carefree.
The home's design is an homage to the work of two masters of modern architecture: Philip Johnson’s Glass House; and Mies van der Rohe’s, central concept of “less is more” and use of glass and steel. The two revolutionized modern architecture and defined clean, minimalist design.
Influenced by these masters and subtly integrated into its site, the home is now a modern adaptation of Carefree’s earliest homes, featuring a simple, stretched, rectilinear design, complemented by a timeless, warm color palette and floor-to-ceiling windows which provide direct views of Black Mountain.
The home’s meandering driveway leads past a major wash and diverse, abundant vegetation to a dwelling that has been both reclaimed and modernized with such features as roof overhangs which shield the glass expanses from summer sun and linear ventilation patterns.