architect's own house, hellebæk, 1950-1952.
architect: jørn utzon.
along with the influence from wright, there is clearly a miesian element at play too, with the parallel brick walls and the large glass plane.
the extreme horizontality is learnt from both, I suppose, and underlines the gently sloping terrain of the forest clearing.
the house is quite small, a mere 130 square meters, which was the maximum size building to receive a state guarantied loan at the time, but there is a will to achieve a certain monumentality here, despite the size:
the wooden supports continue beyond the glass wall, the roof plane likewise, and the walls continue far beyond that. everything here is length, the building is very narrow, and I am reminded of enric miralles - one of the few architects to apply lessons from utzon in his own work - who once said,
"if you cannot make a large house, you can at least make a long one".
more utzon
here and
here 