natural simplicity

A FEW ELEMENTS OF DESIGN, DEFTLY HANDLED, BROUGHT A MID-CENTURY GLASS HOUSE BACK TO ITS BETTER SELF.

- BY PETER B. THOMSEN

“Around dusk, the ospreys go fishing.” That’s what came to mind when the owner was asked about her favorite part of living in this home. Built in 1958, the Mid-century Modern house was recently renovated by Rill Architects of Bethesda, Maryland. Le Corbusier sought to design homes that were “machines for living”; from the moment Jim Rill and his team saw the property, they knew their task was to return this one to its rightful state as a “machine for appreciating nature.”