The house is composed of three principal materials and construction methods: the volume of the stone ground and fireplace, the wooden structure, and the copper cladding.
The Type/Variant house (1996) is located in Northern Wisconsin. The design began with the client's interest in collecting objects in series. Therefore the house is conceived as a collection of wood-framed, copper clad volumes, which are differentiated through their function, orientation… The building area is 8000 square foot.
The Architect
Vincent James (Minneapolis), founded his practice in 1990. As the principal of VJAA, his work has been published internationally. VJAA has received numerous design awards, including the AIA honor Award for the Type/ Variant house. James lectures widely and is a Professor at the Harvard GSD. The firm rejects the expectation of a signature style and adopts a self described polivalent approach in which the architectural form is the result of responding to the context.
