The home’s pared-down material palette includes concrete floors, concrete-block walls, steel and glass.
The owners of a wooded site in Owings Mill, Maryland, enlisted McInturff Architects to design a home where they could live and work in sync with nature. The team devised a simple structure made of steel, concrete, wood and glass that rests on a concrete plinth; solid masonry walls bookend it, while long, glass façades take in forest views. A large, open room containing the kitchen and living, dining and workspaces occupies one end with a bedroom and gym on the other. A central masonry core encloses bathrooms, stairs and mechanicals. Two small rooms perch on a minimal second floor. “The privacy provided by the wooded site allows the open living space the clients desired,” observes Mark McInturff, “with a constant connection to nature.”
Architecture: Mark McInturff, FAIA; Jeffrey McInturff, McInturff Architects. Builder: Design Alternatives, Inc.