the walls of ancient fortifications,
clinging without railings to massive
defensive walls, like those within
the moat at the great Malta castle
at Rhodes. So much of this house
is a refined, exceedingly complex,
yet simple sketch alluding to
millennia of architecture, from
North American tribal to Greek.
Think long houses from forest and
jungle as well.
The
house's
garden
front
perforated, corrugated stainless
steel skin (as is the opposite
side of the house) is the pride of
the structure: poetical, lyrical,
emotional. I have not encountered
a visionary house with such human
quality. For all its angularity and
adherence to minimalist principles,
it has enormous detail and finesse.
It has soul, it has warmth.
Note how, at the narrow ends,
the membrane-like walls extend
beyond the corners of the building,
precluding the house from being
yet another clichéd box. Add
to that the low, long horizontal
line, the narrow viewing space
HYLAND
