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STRETTO HOUSE

Dallas, United States. 1991

Description +

PROGRAM: private residence for art collectors

SIZE: 7,500 sq ft

STATUS: Complete

Sited adjacent to three ponds with existing dams, the house projects the character of the site through a series of concrete “spatial dams” with metal framed “aqueous space” flowing through them. Pouring over the dams, like the overlapping stretto in music, water reflects the landscape outside and the spaces overlapping inside. Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste has a materiality in instrumentation which the architecture approaches in light and space. Formed in four sections, the building consists of two modes: heavy orthogonal masonry and light, curvilinear metal. The main house is aqueous space: floor planes pull one space to the next, roof planes pull space over walls and an arched wall pulls light from a skylight. Materials continue the concept in poured concrete, cast glass in fluid shapes, slumped glass and liquid terrazzo.

FOR RESIDENTIAL INQUIRIES
Molly Blieden, Managing Associate
t + 1 212 629-7262 x14
molly@stevenholl.com

Credits +

  • architect

    - Steven Holl Architects

    Steven Holl (design architect)

    Adam Yarinsky (project architect)

    Peter Lynch, Bryan Bell, Mathias Karlen, William Wilson, Stephen Cassell, Kent Hikida, Florian Schmidt, Tom Jenkinson, Lucinda Knox, Terry Surjan (project team)

  • local architect

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    Max Levy

  • structural consultant

    - Datum Engineering

  • mechanical consultant

    - Interfield Engineering

  • general contractor

    - Thomas S. Byrne Construction

  • landscape consultant

    - Kings Creek Landscaping

News +


  • 2018 03/06 The Stretto House Honored with the 25-Year Award

Awards +


  • 2018 AIA Dallas, 25-Year Award Residential
  • 1993 AIA National Honor Award
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