Modern Homes in the Great Plains

Though its exterior nods towards local barns, the Field House in Ellington, Wisconsin, features an interior that is cutting-edge. Owner Robert Geller is a longtime collector of furniture and art, and here he sits on a Barcelona chair designed by Mies van der Rohe for Knoll. To the left is an Arco floor lamp by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Flos and a BeoLab 5 speaker from Bang & Olufsen.

Though the fire pit was “kind of an after-thought,” says Hannah, the family uses it year-round. “In the spring and fall, it warms you up on cool nights, and in the summer, it just adds ambience.”

Nearly 200 anodized aluminum fins—each one uniquely shaped—serve as a screen that shields the concrete walls from the wind and snow. The roof extends beyond the house at its southern end, shading the living room and a terrace. At night, a cutaway frames views of the star-filled sky.

The slatted wall that divides the sleeping and living quarters has maple-ply boxed shelves that can be rearranged.