Collection by Allie Weiss

Modern Box Home by the Grandson of Mies van der Rohe

This modernist retreat in rural Michigan reimagines the style of the great architect in a cube form.

The structure is heavy timber, painted white, with large stretches of glass. A modern staircase connects the house's levels.
The structure is heavy timber, painted white, with large stretches of glass. A modern staircase connects the house's levels.
A roof deck provides views of the verdant, southwest Michigan landscape.
A roof deck provides views of the verdant, southwest Michigan landscape.
Soaring ceilings and classic modern furniture define the interior spaces.
Soaring ceilings and classic modern furniture define the interior spaces.
The three-bedroom house sits on a 10-acre lot. The residence, occupied by Kirt Martin, the Vice President of Design and Marketing at Landscape Forms, and his family, was completed in 1992.
The three-bedroom house sits on a 10-acre lot. The residence, occupied by Kirt Martin, the Vice President of Design and Marketing at Landscape Forms, and his family, was completed in 1992.