2008 AIA Award: Thomas Roszak's Glass House

Flipping through the Spring issue of CS Interiors, we noticed that one of the recipients of the 2008 AIA Honor Award for Interior Architecture is based here in Illinois. Thomas Roszak designed his own home in suburban Northfield - a glass house with gorgeous views and open family spaces...

From the American Institute of Architects: "Thomas Roszak, AIA, designed his own house to be an exploration of how to foster interaction among family members even while each person is engaged in different tasks in different rooms..."

"...To this end, the 8,200-square-foot house eliminates the redundancy of the typical suburban family room/living room combination, places the kitchen next to the children’s playroom, leaves the entire first floor unenclosed and uses glass paneled walls to further its sense of unencumbered interaction."

You can buy a book complete with photos, design, and construction details through Roszak/ADC Architects. For the full list of honorees, check out the AIA's Honor Awards Page.

Congratulations, Thomas!

Photos: Roszak/ADC

Comments (5)

8200 square feet? Wow. That's like, the antithesis of the Small Cool places we've been seeing.

posted by Ironsides on May 2nd 2008 at 1:20pm
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This isn't a House, It's an Airport Terminal!

"the 8,200-square-foot house eliminates the redundancy of the typical suburban family room/living room combination"

So he's got a single 2000 square foot living room instead of two 1000 square foot rooms? Yippee...

Unless he's got 12 children, a house half that size would be too big...

posted by bepsf on May 2nd 2008 at 1:31pm
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Love the oranges and reds and grays. It's like brilliant Autumnal foliage to cheer you up on cloudy days. And soothing, cooling gray concrete to relax you on hot summer days.

I can see altering the floor plan to make that into a smaller size, and making it into a four-plex.

posted by TRUE BLUE on May 2nd 2008 at 5:20pm
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Love the house with all the views. However, the size shouts conspicuous consumption. I'd like it a whole lot better if it was the size I want, which is small!

posted by williamsweyr on May 3rd 2008 at 10:10am
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I live the vetro.I suppose its safe to say that Mr. Roszak's and his architectural/development firm's very contemporary and glassy attitude towards the practice can only translate homes with serene solitude.

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posted by FluentWorks Co. on May 4th 2008 at 8:38am
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