lovingly placed in a modern house. They remind us of
the past, providing aesthetic and emotional comfort. A
houseful of perfectly upholstered furniture of every design
gives physical comfort.
All of these artifacts are placed in rooms of ideal
size, humanly scaled.
Chambers are clearly
defined by appropriate
archways and doorways.
Halls exist, rationally
located. Parallel to the
back wall of the house are
a series of enfilade doors,
allowing, in combination
with the corridor on the
opposite side of the
house multiple circulation
possibilities, as well as an air
of dignity and importance.
Passage from room to
room in such spaces is
exciting. To avoid the trite
and the tyranny of perfect
scale, Jordan whimsically
and astutely places oversized high mantles in both the
living room and dining room, leaving little room for a large
painting or mirror, thereby transferring the visual focus
of the room to an architectural element, the delicately
paned bay window, in the case of the living room and
equally delicate French doors in the dining room.
HYLAND
