Self-taught designer Tom Givone has extended a white house in rural America with a warped metal-clad addition that starkly contrasts the traditional architecture.
Originally built in the 1850s in the Pennsylvania countryside, Twisted Farmhouse now includes a two-storey extension wrapped in a silvery exterior.

Givone teamed up with JRA Architects in nearby Scranton to design the five curving columns that make the structure's undulating walls possible.

The addition is clad in strips of anodised aluminium, laid horizontally, which both echoes and contrasts the farmhouse's original white clapboard siding.
The owner grew up in an old farmhouse across the street with seven siblings, and one of her brothers still lives there today. The extension's unusual shape is intended to sculpturally express this dynamic.
"I imagined this family bond as a physical force, like a gravitational field between the two homes, acting on the addition and 'pulling' it towards the original farmhouse across the street," said Givone.

Steel used in the construction was sourced from a company in Chicago, which specialises in designing rollercoaster tracks.
A porch was enlarged, with new railings made from thin stainless steel cables. The airy, metallic material helps visually link to the silvery addition, while opening up views a large backyard to interior spaces.

Upon entering the house is an open-plan living room, dining room and kitchen. A small bedroom and bathroom complete the ground-f...