Collection by Kelsey Keith
Slat Happy: 8 Louvered Homes
Dwell's aesthetic has been summed up by a few aesthetic traits: flat roofs, glass walls, and wood slats. While that isn't always the case, we do appreciate louvered facades for how they help regulate light and temperature (as well as their clean, minimalist finish).
Budget supplies become modern design gold in this Omaha home. Architect Randy Brown turned to a local hardware store to purchase a collection of standard two-by-four and one-by-two wood slats; he transformed the inexpensive supplies into an installation that separates his youngest son’s room from the communal living area.
So instead of the clapboard siding or shingles common in the region, the architects of this house in upstate New York devised a rain screen of Atlantic white cedar that floats four-and-a-half inches off the structure. The clever cover allows the house to breathe, drains away moisture, and conceals the “cheap and hideous foam” covering the house’s multilayered insulation sandwich.