Fertile Grounds

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• WOW! Who was the builder?

  Drew Allen 02/26/2010

• An inspiring house; it breathes freedom and sensitivity.

  Maria Xanthopoulou 02/27/2010

• This is one of the most beautiful houses I have ever seen and really inspirational. The indoor/outdoor nature of it makes one want to bring their loft living to the countryside. I love the cozy quality created in what looks like a very large space. I am glad that Dwell gives us many practical and aesthetic alternatives in living. Thank you.

  Barbara Arlen 02/27/2010

• How did they get all that prefabricated concrete on site?

  Andy Briglio 02/27/2010

• That home is awesome. Love that island in the kitchen.

  Modern Homes 02/27/2010

• It is an inspiring, yet comfortable, creative, open, and ultimately free space--what an amazing thing that it is also accessible! Brilliant.

  jg 02/28/2010

• oui j'aime beaucoup cette manifique maison je voudrais moi-aussi vivre la et peindre de grands Tableaux Bonne chance et soyez heureux Huguette

  huguette fleury 03/01/2010

• This house is awesome. I'd like to build one very much like it!

  Gregory 03/02/2010

• Outstanding design, highly personalized for the clients. Other "green" building systems that might be considered if someone is looking to build something similar: SIPs (Structural Insulated Panels) and ICF's (Insulated Concrete Forms).

  Jordan 03/05/2010

• Sips panels were considered; and were the Architect's intention, but as we were on a shoe-string budget, and we saved some $40k and 14,000 sf plywood with a simple wood truss assembly (at 7000 sf of plywood) versus the SIPS panels (2 sides of plywood) and then with a layer of taper foam for slope and then yet another layer of plywood over the top for the roof layer--which would have resulted in a total of 21,000 sf of ply for the roof assembly on these two residences (house and granny unit, carports). In the end, all of the form boards were used to complete the roof, having first been used for the perimeter foundation and floors, and then the 26 poured in place concrete "U" walls / fireplaces and monolithic poured walls; and then finally integrated into the roof assembly where the pre-fab 2x4 trusses were connected at the perpendicular rims. A wonderful house for this family; Anderson Anderson really got it right....

  Drew Allen 03/05/2010

• Beautiful home and love the garden. So tranquil is the table to sit and enjoy.

  Amanda Annan 03/08/2010

• Hey - great looking Giant helping in the kitchen! Is that a Skansen?

  Bruce Dunn 03/09/2010

• Nice Giant Schnauzer! This is the first time I have seen a Giant in an article here. I have one too - only natural ears and tail. Great job on the house too.

  Daniel Mercer 03/10/2010

• Great work by both contractor and architect. Just beautiful.

  bldgworkshop 03/15/2010

• Dear Editor and Sarah Rich, As a person intimate to this project from conception to completion, and a frequent visitor to this property. I find it astounding that there is no mention, interest , or credit given to the builder of this house. There is a conspicuous omission and disregard for the labor involved in the creation of this home. It is as if the entire thing sprang fully formed from the architects' foreheads like some grand Athena. I am curious if it is common practice in your articles to omit the builders when you list the project name, the architects and the location. If so, what is the reasoning behind this practice? It is often a critique of modernism, that it privileges concept and product over process. I am amazed at how far you have been willing to go in this instance in misrepresenting the facts to preserve your conceptual focus. Anderson and Anderson did not build this house, nor did the owners.(see Anderson and Anderson, Prefab Prototypes Orchard House page 96, Princeton Architectural Press, 2007) The "prefab" elements were in concept only. The house was constructed on sight, not by a "Crew of two," but by a local general contractor who designed and implemented many of the structural features that you highlight in the article. Why not set the record straight, and give credit where credit is due. Knowing, as I do, what actually occurred in the process of constructing this house, and how you have represented it. It is difficult to lend credibility to your publication. I believe you do a disservice to your readership by creating idealized fantasies, of concept, process and product. (As you have done in this case.) Rather than engaging with integrity the honorable struggle of attempting to represent the true spirit of the experience.

  Onie Kriegler 03/24/2010

• Your designs remind me of the Florida Design movement in the 50's and 60's. I just wonder what a 3 bed/2/bath would cost here in Florida and where to find a vacant lot close to work where the cookie cutters would allow such marvelous houses? This would probably be a problem here. I love your different homes. Thanks for the articles and the magazine. Pat Lingvay

  patricia Lingvay 03/29/2010

• I'm dying to know how the branch chandelier was created....simply amazing. Please post a DIY :) sure would love to make one or receive tips on how to.

  Stacy 03/31/2010

• I saw this in the magazine but it was great to see all of the extra photos online. What an extraordinary house!

  johanna 04/02/2010

• Must have taken a while; reusing the same form boards for each poured component, did you have to get the cement truck back every time one dried? That would be a lot of trips

  Mutron 04/14/2010

• We poured the walls roughly in sets of six-- because there are some 28 individual concrete modules we had the truck and pump back for 5-6 times. The tall chimney (above the roof level) we formed and poured after the roof was built so we wouldn't be so far off the ground. We were purposely low tech to save money and resources.

  Drew Allen 04/14/2010

• Wow, that kitchen table looks amazing! Wonderful house, truly a kind of nature-friendly places you want to live in.

  Paper Writer 05/12/2010

• I saw Dwell magazine at Lowe's with some really cool house on it so I thought I would check the website out. I am glad I did because I have looked at most of the house here on dwell and this is the one that caught my eye the most. Simply because I have thought about creating a concrete home slab on grade and was wondering how it would look. I love it and would love to see the floor plan. I also was surprised to see the Giant Schnauzer in a couple of the slide show pics. I can identify with that also as we have a Giant Schnauzer and a miniature. I guess I could picture myself in such a house before but now can physically see what it would actually look like. A couple of things about the concept of a concrete home that has puzzled me is how they do the roof and the cost of one. Is it flat or sloped? It looks flat from the pics but a previous post talks about 2 x 4 trusses so I'm confused. Finally, everything I have read states a concrete home is more expensive but I'm not so sure in the long run do to energy savings. Anyway, really cool home and it really inspires me to keep this type of home in mind when we build in the next few years.

  J. Hansen 05/19/2010

• I usually find myself feeling pretty cold toward concrete homes. This one seems to be an exception. Nice place in a nice setting. Considering the grounds though, it still seems to stick out from nature instead of blend in.

  Holsters Reviewed 05/31/2010

• I like it blue, the sky so blue and the soil is fertile!

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• Smash, that kitchen table looks astonishing! Superb house, really a kind of justly gracious places you want to live in.

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• Great looking house! Love the use of SIPs.

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