Radically simplified forms and a tightly focused program yield a pure architectural experience.
This home near Lake Michigan offers a transparent main level, permitting see-through views of the water from the street.
This home acheives LEED certification on a limited budget.
Johnsen Schmaling Architects for Ferrous House, Spring Prairie, Wis. Raised ranch? Razed ranch! Let's scrape the whole thing off ... One can imagine architects Brian Johnsen and Sebastian Schmaling singing that song when they first encountered the subject of this renovation. “Our clients had this...
The Case Study Houses of the mid-20th century continue to serve as architectural touchstones, even in settings utterly unlike their original sun-drenched sites. In Milwaukee, they've helped inspire a series of moderately priced infill houses designed by B
THERE IS MORE THAN one way to do a site-specific building. You can go with the one-with-nature approach or the contrast-to-nature approach. Or you can do a little of both. Johnsen Schmaling Architects made this vacation home modern but used the bark of the trees, the foliage, and the hillside to...
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There is more than one way to do a site-specific building. You can go with the one-with-nature approach or the contrast-to-nature approach. Or you can do a little of both. Johnsen Schmaling Architects made this vacation home modern but used the bark of the trees, the foliage, and the hillside to...
Concrete block foundation, plywood siding, concrete floor. That may sound like the shed your uncle built for his riding mower, but in this Wisconsin lakefront retreat, those humble materials respond to a much higher calling.