Richard Meier Architect: Douglas House

Douglas House

Richard Meier has always been one of my inspirations. The way he orchestrates natural light to play with pure white modern forms is nothing short of genius.

He also designed one of my favorite houses.

From RichardMeier.com:

The Douglas House is dramatically situated on an isolated site that slopes down to Lake Michigan.  So steep is the fall of the land from the road down to the water that the house appears to have been notched into the site, a machined object perched in a natural world.  The entry to the house extends beyond the building envelope.  Here, as the sharp downhill grade of the land requires the house to be entered at roof level, it takes the form of a flying bridge that seems to shear off the top of the frontal plane.

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Living Well | House of the Week: The Douglas House

2 Responses to “Richard Meier Architect: Douglas House”


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