![Haffenden House / PARA - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/9c49/e58e/ced9/f100/0013/newsletter/JLOTT_1_ext_haffenden.jpg?1461820473)
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Architects: PARA Project
- Area: 1125 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Nathan Rader
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Manufacturers: Buddy Rhodes, Buffalo Felt, Rochester Insulated Glass, Sepp Leaf
![Haffenden House / PARA - Exterior Photography, Windows, Door, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/9c8f/e58e/ced9/f100/0015/medium_jpg/JLOTT_6_ext_haffenden.jpg?1461820546)
Text description provided by the architects. The Haffenden House is a writing studio with a garage/breezeway at ground-level, library and writing space on the second level, and a curved/soft reading room on the third level. The project finds itself within the suburban realm, referencing Gianni Pettena’s Ice House from 1972, like a blank spot within the repetitive image of “house.”
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In the rear yard, the fabric solution is used on the interior as a curtain, offering the owners the flexibility to control the relationship of privacy within their context.
![Haffenden House / PARA - Exterior Photography, Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/9cb1/e58e/ced9/f100/0016/newsletter/JLOTT_8_ext_haffenden.jpg?1461820581)
![Haffenden House / PARA - Interior Photography, Closet, Shelving](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/9cd1/e58e/ced1/af00/0014/newsletter/JLOTT_10_int_haffenden.jpg?1461820613)
The poet’s studio uses a translucent silicon-impregnated fabric skin for a light-filled writing room without the visual distraction of the suburbs. Inside the blank box, between the second and third levels, the section uses a bowl-shaped division, maximizing indirect light for the second level and avoiding any association with the landscape on the third.
![Haffenden House / PARA - Image 12 of 20](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5721/9c7e/e58e/ced1/af00/0011/newsletter/JLOTT_5_ext_haffenden.jpg?1461820528)
Originally published February 12, 2014.