Inside A Rock ‘N’ Roll Home Tucked Within The Wisconsin Woods
Luxe Interiors + Designs | By Tate Gunnderson
As any great architect knows, one of the keys to creating a masterful design is looking to the natural environment. This is exactly what architect John Vetter and project manager Thomas Richmond did when designing a home for a bosky 107-acre property straddling several distinct ecosystems in Wisconsin’s glacier-sculpted Kettle Moraine region. “This house is knitted and rooted in nature,” Vetter says. “It’s a single act.”
The impact of the pastoral surroundings becomes apparent upon approach. “It’s all part of the experience,” the architect explains, noting how the region’s undulating hills and rich farmland reveal themselves as the urban landscape recedes into the background. Far from the twinkling city lights, a long rural road leads to the property, where a sleek concrete gate with custom metalwork gives visitors a preview of what’s to come. Located at the end of a lengthy path that cuts across meadow grasslands, past a tranquil stream and pond, and through a hilly wooded area, the modernist abode features a series of wings that result in defined courtyards. “It just keeps unfolding,” Vetter says. “We call it the architecture of discovery.”
