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The home’s exterior is rooted in Tudor style with a high-contrast color scheme of black accents against white stucco.
A Modern Tudor made for taking in the view
The home’s exterior is rooted in Tudor style with a high-contrast color scheme of black accents against white stucco.
The challenge was to design a home uniting two distinct visions while also “amplifying” the reasons the homeowners built on a rolling stretch of prairie in Minnesota outside of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Christopher Strom Architects designed a home that presents as a Tudor from the exterior with white stucco and black accents, including striking E-Series windows and doors, 400 Series windows, and a Folding Outswing Door. On the interior, however, it has a modern aesthetic emphasized by expansive openings whose black frames are made for seeing through, rather than being seen. At the center of it all is a 9 1/2’ tall by 20’ wide Folding Outswing Door that resists rain and snow, proving indoor/outdoor living is possible in every climate.
Large expanses of glass make the most of the unobstructed views available on the north side of the home while protecting against the elements. This door can perform as needed through a Minnesota winter.
— Eric Johnson, AIA, Principal and Partner at Christopher Strom Architects
The home’s more modern aesthetic is on full display in this open-concept space, which gets abundant natural light through large openings on both the northern and southern sides.
— Eric Johnson, AIA, Principal and Partner at Christopher Strom Architects
A two-story joined E-Series window unit acts like a lantern brightening up the western gable of the home and shedding lots of natural light into the stair.
400 Series windows were chosen for the upstairs of the home because they offered cost savings while their contemporary profile matches the sight lines of the E-Series windows downstairs.
Supporting a more traditional Tudor aesthetic are the dormer windows visible over the brow of the hill. These windows are 400 Series Casement Windows with a contemporary profile.
To add interest to all sides of the home, the architects varied materials and included lots of windows.
When the homeowners came to Christopher Strom Architects, they knew what they were looking for: She wanted a Tudor, and he wanted a modern glass box. Undaunted, here’s how the architects united these distinct visions.
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When you think of a house on the prairie, you might picture a farmhouse, but that’s not what this homeowner had in mind! He turned to Minneapolis-based Christopher Strom Architects for a contemporary design.
