I recently visited the town where I grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan. The economy must be looking up because there were big construction projects all over town, mostly tearing down houses and building new, much bigger ones. I can’t say I was very impressed by a majority of the new houses in my parents neighborhood.
This mid-century house caught my eye. The house recedes into the landscape and the beautiful tree is more prominent than the house. Whenever I go home to Michigan it is the glorious trees that impress me most about the place. It makes sense for the architecture to pay homage to the beauty of the trees.
It must really have been upsetting to the owners of this quiet house when the big one went up next door
McMansion next door to a “modern” house
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Hi Sarah,
I was recently back in Bloomfield/Birmingham and noticed the same thing. Still a bit of conflicted reality. Liked the picture of collar ties. Is the little one yours??
We have been working with some very nice old wood lately and have more coming in. You might want to look at some timber trusses built from a 100 yr old warehouse we took down in Berkeley and used again for a project in Kenwood.It’s on our website.
If you ever need something like that, or smaller , built, let me know.
Estok
Hi Estok, Thanks for the note. I cant remember which house you said you lived in…but if I recall it was the same block as my parents house.
I saw a few nice truss projects on your website. It would be nice to work with you sometime. I’ll certainly look you up if I have a project up your way. Yes the happy baby is mine. She is 10 months old. – Sarah
The street was Pilgrim. Many of the homes have been torn down and replaced with “McMansions” including ours which was designed by my father and was a beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright prairie style home.
Sorry to hear that. I don’t recall any prairie style houses on my parents block of Pilgrim (between maple and pine) Lots of new houses though.
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