Who lives here: A couple and their two children
Location: Edina, Minnesota
Size: 2,000 square feet (186 square meters)
Designer: Christian Dean Architecture
Dean likes to use boat analogies when talking about the house, which floats on its site with little of the foundation articulated because of the pilings anchoring the house. “We sometimes describe the house as boatlike,” he says, “as it’s extremely compact, has compartments for everything and isn’t overbuilt — which is what the clients requested.”
Moreover, the house’s second level is clad in marine-grade plywood with a rich brown veneer. Bays (trimmed in black metal and marine-grade plywood) projecting from the kitchen and living room “animate the simple form,” Dean says, and make the slim footprint more generous. The main level is a concrete thermal-mass structure.
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