The 4, 000 sq foot Florida intracoastal waterway home is created using LEED principles in
energy-efficiency, innovation, and recycled materials
Glass House Architects
| Fortification Lauderdale, FLORIDA | Rex Nichols Architects
We should
acknowledge that it was Mies vehicle der Rohe the architect who designed the
earliest Glass House. Due to litigation, Ms Farnsworth did not allow Mies to
mention her home as the Glass House, but the follower Philip Johnson did. You
can imagine how Mies vehicle der Rohe felt when he saw Philip Johnson naming his
design as the 1st Glass House.
A contemporary Glass House designed by Rex
Nichols Architects and developer, Jeff Hendricks Home, is coming to Florida. The
4, 000 sq foot residency is awaiting permit approval in order to begin
construction at 2309 Barcelona Drive in Las Olas Isles in Fortification
Lauderdale but that didn’t stop RNA from releasing its exquisite renderings.
According to the blog post, “the Glass House” cost about $5 million once its
completed mid-2019.
In a blog post, RNA design leader for contemporary
buildings, Alex Penna says the home’s inspiration originated in adding a
contemporary aesthetic to a similar steel and glass house constructed in 1945 by
architect Ludwig Mies Vehicle Der Rohe. Penna also says he’s influenced by
Deconstruction -- the school of philosophy initiated by Jacques Derrida and the
psychoanalytic approach of Jacques Lacan. The four-bedroom, four-and-a-half
bathroom, property will be an open-concept space with floor to threshold
unobstructed views of a private garden. Web link -- 3d walk-through video of RNA
Glass House.
Glass House Architects | Fortification Lauderdale, FLORIDA | Rex
Nichols Architects
An open plan kitchen, kitchen, and great room create the
ideal atmosphere for entertaining, while still finding a family living
appeal.
Glass House Architects | Fortification Lauderdale, FLORIDA | Rex
Nichols Architects
A large office with floor-to-ceiling moving glass doors in
the front of the home offers a peaceful and travelling across space.
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House Architects | Fortification Lauderdale, FLORIDA | Rex Nichols
Architects
The abode will also will include a wrap-around pool and Jacuzzi,
complete with an infinity waterfall, that’s accessible through exposed moving
glass doors.
What really differentiates “the Glass House” from modernist
architects is the fact that the design is not primarily set for function, but it
is also to manufacture a building design that can be seen as a statue. The
contemporary Glass House not only tries to stay away from the pure functionalism
and simple forms of Mid-Century buildings, giving emphasis to the building
aesthetic towards a sculptural design, but it also incorporates sustainability
design with LEED standards. LEED standards a criteria welcomed in developments
such as Midtown 29, Critical B at PortMiami, and the eco-friendly, $28 million
super private yacht, Safira.
Alex Penna, the architect firm’s design leader
who holds a grandfathered LEED AP® accreditation, is thrilled to be building
Fortification Lauderdale’s first glass house by LEED standards, notes a blog
post.
LEED AP accreditation is through the You. S. Green Building Local
authority or council, a private, membership-based non-profit organization that
promotes sustainability in building design, construction, and operation. In an
exclusive interview with Curbed Miami, Penna explained that even though the
project owner didn’t request a LEED certified home, his RNA team built it with
LEED’s sustainability principles. For Penna’s version of the “Glass House, ” he
focused on three LEED standards -energy-efficiency design, innovation in design,
and recycled materials which, for all intended purposes, tends to make a green
design home.
“Because the project location is in Florida, we [were] inspired
by energy-efficiency design, providing covering, daylight-efficiency, and cross
setting up, ” Penna says.
For example, Penna and company used high-end
sunshine and sunlight computer simulator software to manufacture a canopy that
blocks direct sunlight at noon and during the summer to reach the interior of
the home. There’s more innovation. For instance, in the living room, a sun-shelf
redirects year-long direct sunlight supports that passes through the skylight as
a source of natural light to illumine the space, Penna says. “The redirection of
the sunlight will enhance sunshine levels, distribution and quantity, ” Penna
says. “This is a great way to save money on electricity for your year. ”The home
also uses grp composite wood (a form of recycled wood with thermoplastic
components), high energy-efficiency heating pumps, roof icynene warmth from
renewable materials, and protected low-e glass.
