This house took our breath away in person when we happened across it with a friend sometime last year. And now it's done it again from the pages of Dwell:
Architect Christian Arnold and his family built this home for themselves in a well-established residential neighborhood of Kansas City. Their neighbors consist of houses from much earlier in the 20th century, laid out on generous plots of land. The lot the Arnolds built on, however, is irregular: it's a leftover triangular and is on a sharp slope. Which is exactly what lends to its wonderful design: the home stands on stilts that project it out over the contoured land.
The interior is a loft-like space with lots of windows and light. We love the simple bar form and the fact that this home grew in response to a less-than-ideal site to become something quite remarkable. See much more at Dwell.
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Comments (18)
I could live here. :-)
Ohhh! Great house, and I love that you can play on the swings underneath it.
This is stunning!
hey kids, go play in the dirt patch under the house
great home! love hammocks.
I hope they're planning to add a lower level - the underside looks like a freeway underpass and could be used in a much better way, especially considering that the lot is small. It's a nice house though, and kudos to a good use of a weird lot.
@honey living
Have you ever posted a comment where you HAVEN'T linked back to your own blog?
Not sure if it's a TOS violation or not, but the constant self-promotion does get a bit old.
I agree with Erik. By posting some bland platitude and throwing up a link to a totally unrelated house, you're not adding anything to the discussion. By now I think everyone is aware that you have a blog. Please stop with the relentless plugging.
I think the dirt patch is awesome! I can't tell you how many hours I spent as a child digging in the dirt, making mud pies and digging little bunkers for my G.I Joe and Barbies. We should try and have MORE dirt around rather than covering everything in pavement or asphalt.
Yep. love it.
travislessness- exactly what i was thinking.
the house is really great, but this lower part/ under the house dirt playground seems pretty neglected.
Wow, you dislike the dirtpatch? Really? People are so unnecessarily critical.
what?
Sorry, but all I think of is baths and laundry when I see a dirtpatch and a small child.
I mean "are baths and laundry"
As a person who is allergic to grass I can appreciate a dirt patch. Being forced to play on grass was an ordeal of itching and sneezing as a kid (before I was diagnosed).
Because, you know, ALL kids LOVE to play on the grass. Not.
I'm loving the dirt patch. Although if it was mine I'd turn that whole underside area into a giant sandbox.
It makes me think there's something missing, a 50 gallon barrel with a fire burning in it (and some tattered, dirty people warming their hands over it).
Though the swings are cool. It seems kind of awkward to try to push a kid on a swing when one is standing on a kind of steep slope.
I guess I'm just not that into high-concept modernism....