Interior Design, August 2017

Chicago Home by Dirk Denison Embraces Green Living

A Chicago family of four, looking to build a distinctive home, did their research to ensure it. The couple interviewed no less than a dozen architects nationwide before selecting fellow Windy City native Dirk Denison as the one who best understood the area and their needs.

After years of apartment living, the family yearned to be in a house. They wanted open space and plenty of “things growing,” with space for entertaining, work, and relaxation, plus guest rooms for visitors. To meet the brief, Denison devised overlapping ipe and stone volumes, their street facade punctuated with geometric windows reminiscent of Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut.

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