Residence for ART

Dallas, Texas, USA

Harmonious Design: Where gallery art and living seamlessly flow to fit the interaction of art and inhabitant.

Client

Paul & Gayle Stoffel

Size

15,232 SF

Completed in

2012

A home equally suited for family and a world-class contemporary art collection; this residence fulfills a mission to live with masterworks of art in a meaningful way. The design intent of the project revolved around ensuring that each collection piece is a participant in the daily conversation of the home. Incorporating the specifics of the collection into the design, lighting and dimensions were considered alongside the site plan. Inviting the natural elements of the site into the home’s experience, the bedroom bridges the creek, so the clients wake up every morning to their favorite view. With one of the country’s foremost lighting designers, the efficiency and beauty of spaces is maximized with ideal lighting conditions which allow for museum-quality lighting levels as well as warm, intimate residential levels. This unique residence celebrates the integral role of art in the human experience.

Awards

2015 Chicago Athenaeum International Architectural Design Award

2013 National Pyramid Award for Construction Excellence

Rather than force their vision on us, Overland started the design process by carefully listening to our needs and desires for our new home. Our vision was to create a home that would not only complement our art collection but would truly allow us to live with and experience the art in our daily lives.

Client

Architecture is meant to be felt.

Timothy B. Blonkvist, FAIA, LEED AP, Principal-in-Charge, Overland Partners

Project Process

The client’s favorite way to experience the site was looking out over the creek, from a little bridge between their current house and garage. Overland decided to bring this experience into a more central part of the home experience, and worked within floodplain restrictions to design a bedroom that bridged the creek so that the clients could wake up every morning to their favorite view.

Once the clients decided that they wanted one space combining gallery and home, rather than separate spaces for each, Overland began by digitizing all of the art in the client’s extensive collection. This allowed them to incorporate the specifics of the collection into the design, rearranging dimensions, lighting, and flow to fit the interaction of art and inhabitant.