Topo House by Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Located in Wisconsin’s “driftless region”, a landscape of softly rolling hills, the house develops its form out of the site’s distinct topography. The program is organized in two parallel bars that form a low-slung volume and shift against each other to create protected outdoor rooms, patios, and courtyards.
The building’s roof is a meticulously detailed ribbon that peels itself up from the ground and extends the adjacent fields as a green carpet over the lower part of the house.
From here, the folding roof plane slowly rises over the upper bar and turns into a dramatic cantilever protecting the vista terrace from the elements. The facade is composed of a system of wood boards and CNC-milled aluminum battens whose shifting geometry subverts the volumetric purity of the house itself.
Photos courtesy of Johnsen Schmaling Architects
View more: An Old Historic House Turned Into a Bright and Airy Modern Home in Toronto
Related: A Spacious Cube-Shaped House with Modern Features in Ramat Gan, Israel
Here: A Contemporary House with Exposed Concrete Walls and Excavated Rock in Dominican Republic
Read also: A Striking Modern Industrial House with Sophisticated Accents in Bangkok, Thailand
Next: A Spacious and Luminous House of Elegant Simplicity in Mikolów, Poland
Check out: A Stunning Modern Hillside Home Nestled in the Rolling Vineyards of Stellenbosch
Read more: A Stunning House with Two Faces Made of Recycled Plastic and Massive Glass Walls in San Francisco
View the complete gallery
