Blauvelt-Winter Residence by Julia Snow Architect

Blauvelt/ Winter Residence, Minneapolis

designed by Julie Snow Architect

" I simply was drawn the notion of  concrete. So much  greate modern architecture has made use of it"

" The Challenge, though , was to build a modern house that didn't cost a million, but was still in the city."

How to create a personal space on a buisy urban street corner?
" In a city, your home is your urban retreat. It needs to encompass both a public and private persona."

- by Blauvelt and Winter, the owners of the house

The contour line of the house is very simple, rectilinear following the trend amongst the "modern house". Unfinished concrete walls and big window occupying the wall from bottom to tope are the main design elements of this house.

In order to create a calming private spcae on a well- trod urban corner, they designed the central courtyard. This courtyard is the focal point of the house which means to be a sanctuary.

I think this house is successful in ways of its keen sense of material, scale and propotion as well as the meeting the clients' need: creating an urban retreat in the middle of a city.