“The House That Fell To Earth”
Out of this world and darkly romantic, the first private home designed by architect Daniel Libeskind is a spaceship for two featuring steel windows and doors furnishe and installed by Steel Windows and Doors USA
The Daniel Libeskind–designed house comprises just 2,000 square feet—except that none of its rooms are, in fact, square.
“You come upon it from below—a gleaming chocolate-and-plum-colored crystal nestled on a pillow of New England hillside. Acres of scraggly woods have been cleared away, leaving a few ancient oaks, a low stone wall, and a vast cascading meadow. The house sits in a fold of the slope, tucked away beneath the crest. At first blush it looks too low and cramped for an adult to enter, like the den of a particularly stylish Hobbit. But its stature is deceptive, as with almost everything else about it. The first private residence designed by Daniel Libeskind is at once modest and palatial, private and theatrical, inviting and aloof. It’s a little enclave of exhibitionism stowed out of sight. “You don’t need to impress with size,” Libeskind says. “You can keep it modest but still make it a spectacular place to live.”
