Collection by Kelsey Keith

Did You Say Dogtrot? 8 Modern Variations on Vernacular Style

Present-day interpretations of vernacular architecture can skew more modern than you might think—these examples from the pages of Dwell prove that tying a home to its location is a move that never goes out of style.

Brett Zamore calls the house he designed for David Kaplan the Shot-Trot, now the Kit_00 homes, because it fuses two regional housing types, the shotgun and the dogtrot.
Brett Zamore calls the house he designed for David Kaplan the Shot-Trot, now the Kit_00 homes, because it fuses two regional housing types, the shotgun and the dogtrot.
“I wanted more of a skeletal look for this house, and less of a chunky, log-cabin look,” says architect Harry Panton of his Texas bunkhouse. He added stark steel bracing across the entire length of the porch’s roof structure and thinks of the getaway as "a bridge into the woods."
“I wanted more of a skeletal look for this house, and less of a chunky, log-cabin look,” says architect Harry Panton of his Texas bunkhouse. He added stark steel bracing across the entire length of the porch’s roof structure and thinks of the getaway as "a bridge into the woods."
Moreland House
Moreland House
Ever aware of context, architect Henry Siegel says of his house, “A lot of architects’ buildings look better on a pedestal than in context. Our design would look out of place on a pedestal—we placed it so it really fits its specific site.”
Ever aware of context, architect Henry Siegel says of his house, “A lot of architects’ buildings look better on a pedestal than in context. Our design would look out of place on a pedestal—we placed it so it really fits its specific site.”
The office space above the kitchen looks out onto the great room.
The office space above the kitchen looks out onto the great room.
Link Catlett and Butters, the dog, stroll alongside their home’s namesake wraparound porch, made of Brazilian ipe. Rolling slatted doors screen 

the living room windows, providing shade on sunny days.
Link Catlett and Butters, the dog, stroll alongside their home’s namesake wraparound porch, made of Brazilian ipe. Rolling slatted doors screen the living room windows, providing shade on sunny days.
Architect Neil Stephen leaned toward historical influences when designing this modern home on the Isle of Skye for writer and professor Dominic Houlder. Located in the Hebrides, an archipelago off of Scotland's northwest coast, the island is predominately populated by longhouses, narrow single-room dwellings made from the stone, turf, and thatch readily available from the land. Stephen envisioned Houlder's home as a modernist take on this typology, and sought to "promote the value of our architectural heritage and reinforce confidence in our culture."
Architect Neil Stephen leaned toward historical influences when designing this modern home on the Isle of Skye for writer and professor Dominic Houlder. Located in the Hebrides, an archipelago off of Scotland's northwest coast, the island is predominately populated by longhouses, narrow single-room dwellings made from the stone, turf, and thatch readily available from the land. Stephen envisioned Houlder's home as a modernist take on this typology, and sought to "promote the value of our architectural heritage and reinforce confidence in our culture."