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ABOVE: The f ront entry, with its concrete screen block and orange custom f ront door, recalls vintage
design elements of midcentury-modern homes of the 1950s and '60s. Inside, there is an open floorplan
configuration, where the wood-clad wall of the kitchen is the only space divider within the main living
areas. The open plan and vertical spatial perception, created by the mono-sloped roof, allow the modest-
sized living spaces to feel larger.
FACING PAGE: The kitchen is central to the open floorplan and designed with minimalistic elegance. The
back wall of the kitchen stops short of the roof plane, so the eye sees a spatial continuum with borrowed
light achievable f rom the living room's southern glass. In the spirit of midcentury homes, a steel beam
and columns are exposed with open wood roof joists and decking, thus creating an interior architecture
expression with no need for additive elements or decoration.
Photographs by Thomas Jones, JMDG Architecture and John Paul Buchanan, Buchanan Photography
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Single Family Homes under 5000 sq ft
