HOUSE OF HORNS

House of Horns is a masterful union of the strange and beautiful in which horn-like forms curve up from the roof to create sweeping lightwells that extend and shape the spaces below. Throughout the almost dreamlike home, in dressing rooms, hallways and bathrooms, Henrybuilt pieces were deftly placed and proportioned by the architects.

The kitchen, located in one of the largest “horned” spaces in the home, required close collaboration. The space was a core focus in the building throughout the design process, not just as a form but as an instrument of movement. With a shared eye for material beauty and quality, WOJR and Henrybuilt devised a highly integrated, high-performance kitchen with a natural disposition.

Spatially and functionally, the kitchen is in close connection with the dining room. The kitchen creates a graphic, spatial eddy, inviting inhabitants to move about, enjoy making food, and socialize in the peaceful alcove, flowing as they please into the fantastical dining room and living area.

“Architects are generalists,” John David Todd of WOJR said. “While we have expertise in many things, we understand that architecture is the concert of many layers and trades all coming together to produce a special and cohesive whole. It is in collaborations like that with Henrybuilt, where a clear intent and specific expertise are able to have a detailed and meaningful conversation to find the best solution, that the best projects are able to happen.”

Together, Henrybuilt and WOJR achieved a refined, unique aesthetic while creating a space in which practical, everyday details are highly considered—a space that is empathetic to experience.