Read about our ideas and thought process behind the T.1 modern house! http://www.coolmodernhouseplans.com/modern_house_plans_t1_info.html en-us T.1 modern home plans info@dialectdesign.com Dialect, LLC This modern contemporary house has received above excellent energy savings ratings. A great part is due to the concrete walls that are factory made concrete slabs with highly rated insulation imbedded within the walls. Their air leakage are at practically zero. The surfaces are of highly polished and color-added smooth finishes on both sides. These walls are so well crafted that no other trades are needed. A conventional wall takes framing, hanging drywall, finishing drywall, priming, painting, and finish trim. This efficient wall system is a one stop installation. We juxtaposed the concrete walls with wood floors and exposed wood structure in the ceiling to bring out the beauty of the material and retain a warm cozy sense of home. http://www.coolmodernhouseplans.com/rss_the_concrete_walls.html 29 Apr 2009 15:27:11 GMT T.1 modern home plans info@dialectdesign.com How to get four bedrooms, three full baths, and a powder room into 1,467 square feet and yet be spacious? How can we build a compact and small building, but end up with a luxurious and comfortable modern house? We ended up with something we gave the working title “flex-space”. We achieved it, by working out two fundamental premises. The first is the idea of rooms and living areas lending space to each other as the need arises. The second is the notion to give this contemporary home the ability to adapt to different uses. When you think of a conventional bedroom, a maybe 140 square foot endeavor, it will be used for maybe twenty minutes of your awake time a day - maybe. That would be, let’s say, for $180/sq.ft. sell price, a $25,200 luxury. TWENTY MINUTES A DAY! TWENTYFIVE K! What about your shower? Ten minutes a day? Laundry room? So what did we do? The best to explain it is to take a closer look at the single room on the right end of the second floor (http://www.dialectdesign.com/modern_house_plan_3.html). It is seperated from the living area with kitchen by a core of bathroom spaces and a group of sliding panels. By using the sliding panels in different configurations, you can allocate the different “wet” areas to the master bedroom, creating effectively a master suite. Or you can allocate them to the living area, creating a powder room. The shower we integrated through its floor, wall and ceiling materials seamlessly into the other spaces. The showerhead is recessed into the ceiling, leaving no hint to its purpose when it is not in use. The parts of this specific bedroom, which are not specific to the bed proper, are left to be experienced through these integrated intermediate spaces. As you might sit on your couch in the living area proper, the space will continue through the shower and powder rooms that are not distinguishable as such, will include the bedroom’s open areas, and spill out through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Grand space, minimal square footage. Voila! As far as different styles of living. This modern house can adapt to different uses. Try a small family with the master suite down, two kids and guest room or study above. Or how about a single parent above with two kids and a subleased autonomous suite below? Or a home office below with its own entry and no contact to your private life, which might be two young professionals? The staircase, its materials and points of access are conceived to be an interior staircase of a single dwelling home or as a public point of access with a downstairs unit and an upstairs home. Try out different arrangements and let us know what you find! Try to walk this modern house, open and close doors and panels, and include the floor to ceiling windows to get the feel of the spaciousness giving on a small footprint. http://www.coolmodernhouseplans.com/rss_flexible_space_for_contemporary_living.html 13 May 2009 20:36:24 GMT T.1 modern home plans info@dialectdesign.com