Krueger House
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The building is given close relation to the site by setting it one and a half feet into the earth, and having "roof" leaves droop much like the poinsettia , projecting into the shrubbery, with articulates added to give garden like privacy to each room serving to project angularity into the space created. Simple shed roofs allow this earth hugging relationship, but also permit higher level views as leaf intersects articulate. The leaf aspect is further pursued by a pattern in the post and beam wood structure that reflects angularity, such that beams and columns seem to grow from the composite. The order and discipline created by the structure of the leaves and red cedar decking create interesting patterns as they turn against each other.
All of this sets the stage for the culmination of the "great" living room, which now, although high, appears reposed in the symmetry of the composition.
Strength and space are enhanced in the living room by lichen covered granite stone piers supporting a high smooth plastered ceiling. Entrance to the house through stone piers shares in this strength. The model shows the entrance in detail.
Aesthetically, this building serves well to sew together the gulf between the organic and contemporary thought of economy and articulation in structure.
Description by Charles A. Haertling, edited by Joel Haertling
