Architectures
Rachhofsky House
Richard Meier – Dallas-Texas USA, 1996
Year
1996
Architect
Richard Meier
Situated in a suburban landscape, this private house-museum is anchored to the ground by a black granite-clad podium that extends both in front and behind the main body of the building. The white form of the house rises on pillars with an opaque plane, pierced by a series of discrete openings. A succession of spatial layers moves away from this taut surface to accommodate the main volumes of the house.
The front elevation with metal cladding that protects the living volume gives way to the north and west elevations with taut continuous facades that, together with the opaque front, bend the stratified internal space towards a small body of water to the south-west.
Two separate staircases provide access to the three floors of the house: a closed spiral staircase to the south and an open spiral staircase to the north. This contrast between private and public circulation is consistently repeated in the organization of the volumes inside.
The front elevation with metal cladding that protects the living volume gives way to the north and west elevations with taut continuous facades that, together with the opaque front, bend the stratified internal space towards a small body of water to the south-west.
Two separate staircases provide access to the three floors of the house: a closed spiral staircase to the south and an open spiral staircase to the north. This contrast between private and public circulation is consistently repeated in the organization of the volumes inside.
Thus, the public staircase that opens from the gallery atrium leads directly to the double-height living room on the first floor, while the private cylindrical staircase ascends to the library on the second floor and the master suite on the upper floor. Two separate volumes on the third floor, a suspended study and a gym, offer views of the living volume and the garden.
All glass walls that are exposed to low-angle western light are protected by electric glass shading.
Stairs from the pool and roof terrace, along with a two-car garage under the guest suite on the south side of the house, complete the symmetrical repertoire. The exterior of the house is clad in white enameled aluminum panels with aluminum windows and insulating glass.
Source: www.richardmeier.com
All glass walls that are exposed to low-angle western light are protected by electric glass shading.
Stairs from the pool and roof terrace, along with a two-car garage under the guest suite on the south side of the house, complete the symmetrical repertoire. The exterior of the house is clad in white enameled aluminum panels with aluminum windows and insulating glass.
Source: www.richardmeier.com
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