A family with three children recently moved to a small, rural, west Tennessee town where they sought a house more suited for their contemporary lifestyle.

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Architects: designshop · Office Profile

Location: Munford, TN, USA

Project Architects: Tim Michael

Structural Engineer: Scott Guidry, Kelly May

Millwork: HY: Butch Haley & CL Young

Area: 2941.0 ft2

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Chad Mellon Photographer · Photographer Profile

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From the architect. A family with three children recently moved to a small, rural, west Tennessee town where they sought a house more suited for their contemporary lifestyle.
© Chad Mellon Photographer

Site on a 1.1 acre lot of a dead end street, the design concept utilizes an ?L? shape parti to form a third and fourth side of a private rear yard, with the remaining two sides defined by the natural tree edge. A brick wall (required by covenants) forms a solid, protective base upon which a lighter second story volume rests. The brick wall is punctured by floor-to-ceiling openings and extends beyond the enclosed envelope on the northern edge to wrap a deck and garden as part of the rear yard. The second story is rendered in a much lighter galvalume skin as its volume encloses no...