BuyItForTheArchitecture: A time capsule house with plenty of Japanese inspiration
Architect: Beverley David ThorneIn 1954, Dave Brubeck — “Cool Jazz” icon and noted architecture obsessive — hired architect Beverley David Thorne to design a steel-framed cantilevering house in Oakland. But Brubeck’s East Coast touring schedule didn’t leave a lot of time for him to enjoy his California “house in the sky.” So, in 1961, he and his wife Iola bought 7.5 acres of steep forested land in Wilton, Connecticut.
Photo: Courtesy of Douglas Elliman The Japanese influence was a decision Thorne and Brubeck came to together. For his part, Brubeck traveled the world as a U.S. State Department–sanctioned “Jazz Ambassador” in the late 1950s and later recorded several albums — including Jazz Impressions of Japan — influenced by his experiences abroad. Finding inspiration in traditional Japanese architecture, Thorne wanted the house to mesh with the surrounding land, not combat it.
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