Mid-City Modern
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The house is designed like an urban loft. Even elements such as the staircase and second-floor railings are almost transparent, so natural light floods the structure from dawn to dusk. Moseley's friend David W. Prasse (right) and designer Scott Ball take it all in.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz -
The 40-foot-long countertop melds seamlessly with off-the-shelf kitchen cabinets and stainless steel appliances, creating an unbroken line along one side of the house.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz -
The bedroom overlooks an office, which floats above the kitchen and dining room. The railing and banister were fabricated by a local metal worker a few miles away.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz -
The home's most dramatic feature is a front wall that swings open onto an exterior terrace.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz -
Sitting in the second-floor office, one has the feeling of being at the command center of a powerful battleship or futuristic spacecraft. Desk, floor lamp, and CD racks were all designed by Moseley.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz -
No alarm clock needed here. The highest point in the house is the bedroom, bathed in light from two walls made predominantly of windows and a third completely open to the rest of the house.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz -
Shawn Moseley helped design his new home in central Atlanta.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz -
The decidedly nontraditional structure includes a front wall that opens the living room onto the front yard—and to the rest of the neighborhood, which has enthusiastically welcomed the house and its owner.Photo by: Mark Steinmetz
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