US studio GRT Architects has completed this black house with huge triangular windows in New York's Dutchess County with the layout of an open-plan studio.
The project in Dutchess County, which is just under two hours drive from New York City, was created for a couple thinking about permanently moving out of Manhattan.
Black brickwork walls prop up the triangular windows
While the move was not confirmed they tasked Brooklyn-based GRT Architects to create a bolthole on a 24-acre (9.7-hectare) plot to accommodate their children and grandchildren.
Dutchess County Studio is composed of three rectangular volumes arranged in a pinwheel to overlap one another. Textured black brickwork walls are slanted at the top to meet with triangular clerestory windows. Cedar with copper trim covers the roof
"Each mass has an identical roof atop a beak-like clerestory window but asymmetry was introduced in response to the site," GRT Architects said.
The roof of the house is clad in natural cedar with copper trim, chosen to complement the brickwork.
Ceiling beams show the intersection of three volumes
"Outside, the studio is clad in textured black brick, a material that plays optical tricks depending on lighting, sometimes flattening the complex mass into a single plane," the studio explained. "The roof is clad in natural cedar shakes with copper trim intended to add a warmer aspect to the design."
Inside, three exposed black ceiling beams mark the meeting of the thr...