2022 International Architecture Award · The Plains, VA

Liminal House

David Jameson, FAIA · Built by PureForm Builders
The Project

Void spaces between walls of the earth.

Liminal House explores void spaces inserted between a series of heavy, static walls that feel of the earth and act as portals to the surrounding landscape. Between them, glazed public and private volumes become lenses to the countryside.

At the heart of the home, a central pavilion unites the ground-level elements while a thin, glazed volume balanced above rotates to capture 360-degree views. Built by PureForm.

Credits

ArchitectDavid Jameson, FAIA
BuilderSquare One / PureForm Builders
PhotographyPaul Warchol
LocationThe Plains, Virginia
TypeNew Construction · 2020

Recognition

  • Recipient of the 2022 International Architecture Award
  • Recipient of a Washingtonian Residential Design Award (AIA|DC)
The Build

Heavy walls, balanced glass — engineered on a hilltop.

A house of static stone-and-concrete walls cradling thin glazed volumes doesn't happen by accident. Crane-set steel, board-formed concrete, and a glass curtain wall went up on an exposed ridge — the structure behind the architecture, built by our team.

Crane setting steel and concrete structure at Liminal House during construction
Steel & concrete, crane-set
Glass curtain wall steel frame of Liminal House on the hilltop during construction
Curtain-wall frame on the ridge
Crew installing the glass curtain wall at Liminal House
Glass going in · on site
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