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Architects: Johnsen Schmaling Architects
- Area: 2900 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:John J. Macaulay
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Manufacturers: Duravit, Subzero/Wolf, Cordova Stone, Marvin, Quantum Windows & Doors
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Lead Architects: Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Text description provided by the architects. The 510 House is a private residence located in a postwar suburb on Milwaukee’s north shore, its volume carefully embedded in the site’s gently sloping contours and cradled by the mature trees lining the property’s edges. The program was organized as two interlocking building forms, their “T” configuration bifurcating the site into a “public” entry court for visitors and vehicles, and a private, visually shielded greenspace in the back. Parking, service functions, and the main bedroom suite are consolidated in a long, single-story bar, a narrow, wood-clad volume that straddles the two sides of the property along its western edge. Spaces for guests and entertainment are housed in a complementary, perpendicular volume defined by a continuous concrete block ribbon that engages the wood-clad bar, negotiates the dropping topography of the site, and ultimately folds up to form an elevated observatory with views of the surrounding tree tops and the shores of Lake Michigan in the near distance.
