A Self-Taught Designer Builds a Midcentury-Inspired Home on a Budget
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Bob Butler drew lessons from the legendary Case Study House program to design his own residence in Nashville. | For the full story, head here: www.dwell.com/...
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"Small house" and "on a budget" are quite debatable ways to describe this house.......
@Sho Yu Weeni The fridge alone it's 8000$ you can't buy a snack with 8000$?
@Sho Yu Weeni I misread
Not really, anything’s debatable I’d you wanna be an asshole. NOTHING he said was unreasonable if you have some BASIC Knowledge of the subject and actually listened to what he said
I laughed out loud when he said a 1700 sq foot house was “very small.”
Yup, and let's not forget "sustainable" : the house is filled with concrete, and according to him not using wood is actually a benefit :(
1750 sq ft is a small house!? well F me then, I must be living in someones closet.
Not just "small," but "very small!" Let's measure this "sustainability" by his electric bill in Nashville, with all that glass. Heating something like this North of Chicago would be a good lesson in financial "sustainability." I'm guessing build cost upwards of $200 per square foot for this tiny house...
@@DWink-bp8vw $115 per square foot per the article.
@@DWink-bp8vw You would be WRONG. You know what they say about assuming ...
How big is the closet your living in ?
@@jeanettenaumiec7784 *you're
1700sqft may not be especially small, but it sure is a damn fine looking house
Dwell, thanks for showing so little of the house in favor of showing so much of the dude! Amazing editing
I am curious what his definition of affordable is?
Probably something as warped as his definition of a "small house".
Well, the cost of land in Nashville is pretty low and it's obvious that this house doesn't use any costly high end materials or items. As he said, the windows are the most expensive single purchase. According to the article it was $115 per sq ft which is around $200k, that's actually very cheap for the size. My house cost me $250k and is only 1180 sq ft in Phoenix and not nearly as nice as this, although it has some nicer materials.
Somewhere near his definition of sustainable...... He's repeating the word sustainable to greenwash the justification of building the house. It's not a light footprint on the ground and I'm confused about back-justifying the use of monolithic slabs then showing off the extensive use of wood in the rest of the house. Are all those windows oriented for passive effects? That would be a measurement of sustainability. I would not justify concrete as a sustainable material for a house when it is more difficult to replace the Earth's supply of sand rather than replacing trees, which is easy. Let's see his utility bills then let's talk about sustainability. Also, they're called footings not footers, and I'm not a fan of the idyllic countryside retreat with a single-story home, when we should be pushing more sustainable density rather than sprawling. There is no sustainability or reciprocity in land sprawl.
National average. If you compare the cost of his home to the national average of home prices, which would include NY, CA, HI, MA, etc., then that's how he can come up with "affordable". Which I feel like his home is, but I don't remember him saying a price.
@@Son37Lumiere PHX sux, but it's one of those last top ten cities that's still affordable.
Good lord, lot's of negative comments here! First off, the house is gorgeous! Well done Bob! Yes it seems a bit big to be called a "small house" but it is a matter of perspective! The finishes are simple and true to MCM style. Very impressive for a self-taught designer!!!
“Budget”, “affordable”, “conservatively priced” yet not a single mention of the actual cost...
I know, isn't that ridiculous?
i was about to say.... if you built that in say Adelaide SA it would still cost 1M....
Was there some sort of obligation?
The article says that it cost $155 per sq foot, and at 1750 sq feet it would put the cost at $201,250. That seems pretty good!
@@MrBanditFace $115* - Great cost/sf
I think this is a beautiful space, so open and so very airy. As someone else commented, if he truly designed this himself, and is self taught, then I am thinking that he is indeed an artist. From my own perspective, always having been a city dweller, I wonder about all of the glass and the fact that anyone can just see everything in your home (although he does seem to be surrounded by hedge type plantings all around). More importantly though, I too wonder about the "affordability" of such a place. As always, affordability is again, probably, a relative thing.
But I think that the space itself is truly beautiful and inspiring. He created a wonderful place to live.
I wish the video was longer. I wanted to see more of the interior and hear from him about more details. Overall stunning work of art!
Bigger than the house I grew up in. This is huge by UK standards.
PageMonster The UK has a smaller average home than even Japan. It's true.
By American standards even. At the very least it's NOT small. And I'm from the Midwest where houses are large anyways. He's confusing not having multiple floors with small.
@@kaileymo If you have 5 kids and a wife this is a really small home. Other people have other needs based on their own lifestyle..
This isn't in the UK though..
anything is bigger than a UK house
Awesome, love how he articulated how glass can blur the lines separating outside from inside, and how it is a whole new wider perspective of the space changes.
Does Dwell understand the concept of a "home tour"... you have to show us more than one angle of the living room.
they showed several angles, did you watch the video or what
I wanted to see that sawtooth roof.
Beautiful home - each view, each perspective is interresting and pleasing to the eye....
God, I love that modular shelf and desk design. That's just brilliant, and absolutely stunning.
That is NOT a small house! In Finland where I live, that would be considered a large family home! I beg of these designers to start to consider describing houses in terms of actual sq footage/metres rather than by relative terms like “small”...which I think is used very loosely in design as most designers work with clients with crazy disposable incomes and houses that I would mistake for hotels😆
he literally said it is 1750 sqft
@@Caplock75626 what this person is talking about is actually categorizing homes probably the way we do cars. we have car classes, trucks and suvs. if a small home is categorized as a home under 2,000 s/f, medium anything under 4,000 s/f...mcmansion 10,000+ s/f. if there was this type of national registry then everyone would be on the same page and not shocked when prices are posted. the original post had nothing to do with the homeowner actually saying the home's s/f.
Americans do have a weird idea of what a small house is... 1750 sqft is 162,6 square meters... that's twize the size of my Madrid apartment and that of the one I grew up in with my parents, three siblings, grandmother... and one of the rooms fully dedicated to my father's work. And we never thought it was a small place.
It's a decent size home in the United States too. For your average American family of four.
For some reason in the late 90s and early 2000s there was the so-called mcmansion boom here in the states, those houses were 3500-5000ish sq ft.
I live in California and this would be considered a bungalow, which is a small one story house. My house is larger than his and I consider my home to be small.
Dude, 1,700 SF is nothing to sneeze at--you've got 1,000 SF on me! This is a great house, love all the concrete, but it still feels warm and friendly. Not too shabby for a self-taught designer!
This is literally the kind of desire I’m looking for!!! 🥰
I wish people will stop judging the size; compared to Tennessee homes, this is a “small” home. I’ve been searching for a few years for a decent size home that has garage space and not a mini castle of a home...
Everybody freaking out about how big the house is and I'm just blasted away about how this man is a visionary.
This is small?? I see two kitchens, three livings , a study and a lot of outer space.... but what a fantastic house ❤️❤️❤️
If he really is self taught, I think his house is very admirable
Where do I get the plans ? This is an amazing home, exactly what I would love to build.
Beautiful! The layout makes it seem much larger than it actually is. Great use of space.
This is absolutely beautiful, and you had me until the deer head.
The choice of colors, levels and materials is just amazing! It's so comforting for the eyes good job!
This guys got taste this is the best example of a new build in a mid century modern style I really thought it initially look in sleep started saying what he was designing with monolithic slab that it was a real mid century modern from the 50s or 60s
One of the most beautiful house designs I’ve ever seen! Absolutely gorgeous 😍
But not a single comment on those sandals?
artistic !
Almost takes away all sexiness!
I definitely had that thought of what the heck are those sandals about. But hell, the dude has a vibe going on. Good for him.
I wish he wore socks with them, a la Olsen twins
I think they came with the house.
This is exactly the kind of aesthetic that I look for in a house. Love it!
This video is very annoying. Why the music so it's difficult to make out what the somewhat soft-spoken man with the deep voice is saying? Why the constant quick pans and cuts? It's an architectural video. Take some cues from the people who make architectural videos for real estate sales. Long pans that allow the viewer to understand the size of the room and how it relates to other parts of the house. This is why I don't buy Dwell magazine. The photography is trying so hard to be interesting and artistic, I have no idea what the seemingly interesting house they're featuring looks like.
Do you also ‘want to see the manager’?
@@naes123 I think, Sean, that my urge to vent my frustration in a comment on this video stemmed from the same urge that caused you to comment on my comment.
@@NG-fg6qf well said haha
I thgt I was the only one that was having trouble hearing this annoying hipster. The video was all over the place bc once I scoped out what looked like the living room I was trying to decipher if it was a sunken living room like in the 60s/70s then it clipped to the bathroom, then I see him out back and I could not understand walking the dog on the roof. Quite dizzying.
@@drzavahercegbosnaponosna5974 Thank you!! 😀 👍
His dog is so pretty. I loveeeee the houses with pets. Some decor articles or videos feature "showcase" houses with no kids, no pets. Real houses have people living in them, including pets.
This house deserves a full tour!!
"sustainability"
"Affordable"
"Budget"
You keep using these words... I don't think they means what you think they mean...
maybe you're just broke?
Lol when you're rich and able to afford these stuff you won't speak "poor" anymore.
@@michaelvennard2295 you're funny but that's true. Think rich or get left behind.
"sustainable" like using concrete for your entire house lol, classic delusional rich people shit
You sound dumb
I have actually fall in love with this "affordable" house😂
I love the simplicity, light, and modernism of this house.
Absolutely love this .... I saw concrete floors in a home I nearly bought and fell in love with the idea ... gives to a very earthly feel.
So beautiful
But I freaked out when I saw a dead dear head as a wall piece in the bedroom.......why people does that ~
This is gorgeous!!! I love everything about it! I love the plywood cabinets!!!
The interior design is to die for! Love it!
If he had only said it once- "This is a very small house."- I would have let it pass, but he said it more than once. 1750 is not small! Check your privilege at the door of your "small house." Other than that, it's a fabulous design, wonderful layout and minimal decor. Love it.
A beautiful achievement!
1750 is NOT a “very small house”. My house is 1030 and it’s more than enough space for my family of 4 with 1 in the way. I’m always surprised how we Americans have such a skewed understanding of how blessed we are to have SO MUCH SPACE and so much space between each other.
1750 sq ft is samall? That's 162 sq meters which is huge for most Europeans.
2700sq” average American home. Everything’s bigger in US get over it.
Sho Yu Weeni you too the words right out of my mouth
With a magnificent moustache like that, this house is a Mid Century Mo' Den.
What a beautiful little home! Yes I think nowadays, 1750 feet is somewhat small but for a couple or small family it’s fine. The idea of 2000+ square feet, didn’t really get popular until the 80s.
Great job, Bob! Love it!
Stunning design! Love it!
Thumbs up for the E30 in the driveway!!
This a gorgeous house inside and out!
i like the cement, the white walls, and the warm or birch color of the wood, black steel and house plants combination
2 kitchen areas both with dining tables & he says it's small. Definitely like it, even if it's "small"
i liked this way better than the 50,000,000 real estate listings
Mate, this house is quality.
When he’s talking about ‘affordable house of the future’ he’s talking about the Case Study houses which were his inspiration. It was a collection of designs by architects in an architectural magazine that sort of formed the Mid-Century style of architecture.
That is awesome work 👍🏻
this guy is living the ultimate hipster life lol mustache, sandals, bmw vintage, talking super low i had to crank up my volume, but i give it to him this house is exactly my style
FunkyDoolittle it’s a great design. But yea, he fits that stereotype to the “T”. I’m guessing about $700k for his affordable house in the Nashville area.
FunkyDoolittle Go on admit it, those sandals are your style too.
Guy in the video: "This is a small house."
Me: watching video in my 777 square foot townhome.
Dwell you need to up your production quality: turn up the mic, change & turn down the music, SHOW US THE PLACE-not the guy we can’t hear. Take a page from: The Local Project (where they tell a homes story w/beautiful editing) McGee & Co with excellent shots & video of entire rooms & flow for some design perspective.
Beautiful sense of proportion against perspectives, lots of spatial feelings. I can see your sensitivities for the impression space and boundaries, transparencies and enclosure create. Nice work !
1750 sq ft is considered small to this guy? I wonder how he measures other things on a small scale, asking for a friend. I honestly believe under 850 is small.
I consider this small. However, where I am 3,000+ sq ft is the low end of the house sizes
You sound dumb google average American home sq footage it’s about 2700sq’
Super cool.I like your style , homes.
I'd love to see the actual numbers that went into completing this home. What's "affordable"?
The same value for a "small house"
1.4 Mil
This house is brilliant.
Sustainability is getting way overused and misused these days. In this context it means that every human on the planet could have a house like this without damaging the environment. This is sustainable for this guy and his pals. In other words, not sustainable.
Love that. Couldn't agree more, and I commented up above.
On point
This natural, organic, artisinal house...
Why wasn't the grass roof mentioned?
Does no one here realize that 1750 sq ft is small for a suburban house especially in Tennessee ??
Gorgeous home
Awful lot of negative comments. Reminds me of when a woman is in a leadership position and the only thing people comment on is her hair and attire. The home is beautiful regardless of the price and filming.
If you can design a home or any building so that it looks bigger on the inside than it seems possible to be when viewing it from the outside, you have done a good job. I hope this makes sense.
Absolutely love it! You have a beautiful home. And lots of ideas whether one has a tiny house budget or a mcmansion budget.
I almost bought a small house earlier this year. It had 754 sqft. This is not a small house. But it is a very nice house.
wow! great house. not even a huge fan of mid-century modern and i would love to live there.
This would be my dream home.And property
Not to fond of the bathroom tile but the rest of the house is gorge!😊
I want that house! Amazing! 😃😃😃😃😃😃
Maybe the architect is used to design mansions/castles/buildings and always working with a big budget, that's why for him this is a small house and on a budget 🤔 It's a beautiful place definitely! And that doggo is cute 🐶
Love it…I would love to know about the design of the roof…
It's definitely Not a tiny nor even small house. Even at under 2000 sqf, it's much larger than most in the same context. That said it's really a beautiful masterpiece.
Great video Dwell I could watch contact like this all day!
Well done! Should consider a smokeless fire pit like Breeo!
What a glorious home.
Beautiful Home... Congratulations.
It's unique. Love it
Well thought out, gorgeous home. Love it 🥰
Small house... I don't even have a house for my family and we are renting a 60-70sqm apartment... Can we occupy your veranda 😊
Nice house but its not small. My house is 750 sq ft...
Colin F fucking Christ my apartment is 660 sq ft.
Do you have 3 kids and a wife?
@@corysgood881 2 and the wife...
You sound dumb google aver American home sq footage
Mine is 2800 sq ft. & its considered average in our area of India. 😁
Beautiful!
Beautiful home
Amazing design
Love this house
Absolutely lovely 🦋
Very good design and I am very picky...job well done.
Great work! Kudos to Bob Butler! Very inspiring
HE DID A DAMNED GOOD JOB
It’s amazing what Americans consider a small home. It’s bigger than the house I grew up in in the Netherlands :p
A lot of comments about the size and "affordability" of the space.
For a city like Nashville with limited regulations, the cost of housing is kept down because you can keep building. You can get (& are incentivized to build) a lot more space per dollar. For his city that is small. Regulation is normally why densely populated cities struggle with the cost of living. The cost for building his place was probably in the $800K-1.5M (though normally it would be $150-250K), but he plans on keeping that place for well over a decade. And because of the low sqft and price/sqft of the house, his property taxes are definitely going to be low.
Only place with bigger houses than this are in Brentwood outside of Nashville. East and South side Nashville is all poverty areas with houses way smaller than this. This house is above average in that area.
Could you please re upload this but without the drum overlay. I can't make out a word that the gentleman is saying
I love the 60s vibes
Beautiful!!!
My kind of home.Love it.Its beautiful.
"House of the future..." Um, no. Modern homes like this only work if you live in a forest like this guy. If you're a normal person who lives in an urban environment you don't want those windows everywhere, and unless you have money your view is probably going to be a parking lot at best and a brick wall at worst. So no, it's not the home of the future because there's no enough land for everyone to live on a plot like this.
Having the music play throughout the whole video was not a good idea.
Tell that to Christoper Nolan :P