The entry level is devoted to practical spaces a small hall which doubles a a dining area. a kitchen. a bedroom and a bath arranged to serve both the bedroom and the more public spaces. A stair, wider at the bottom. rises against one wall of the house, turning at the top to open to an extraordinary major iving space above. This space really is the house. It is at once grand and ntimate, formal and relaxed. Three walls have large windows covered with Venetian blinds, and the fourth. the stair wall. is dominated by a large hearth behind which the stairs rise and descend. The fireplace structure echoes the shape of the house." from Stephen Prokopoff. Venturi. Rauch and Scott Brown: A Generation of Architecture, p24"The house stands in a small wood. The sections seem to show a gabled roof but in reality, the roof is a steep pyramid that projects far over the facade on all sides of the house. The high living room is located in the middle of the house: gallery like library under the pyramid looks down into lhe living room The windows of the main facade, all of different sizes, are dominated by a big bull's eye that breaks boldly through the interior spaces and into the roof volume to light the library." Stanislaus von Moos. Venturi, Rauch& Scott Brown: Buildings and Projects. p266 The Creator's Words Housing is good, but houses are bad. This has been a maxim of Modern architecture. While it is true that concentrating on individual houses is socially rresponsible and technologically ofpractice for the individual architect, the little irrelevan, given he continuing housing crisis and the circumstances house should not be scorned. It is still the first job for most architects, for obvious ecunuIllic and social reasons. Architecture is expelusive nuediului therefore, conservative clients award big cuIninissiuns w old aruhiLecls Urbig firms. (ronically, big respunsibilities ofien gu loo young planners and young architects in big finns. The little house for a close friend or relauve is usually therefore a first opportunity for the young architect to test theories and expand