Hubert H. Everist House

Hubert H. Everist House

Overlooking the windswept planes of Iowa, Hubert Everist’s house is uniquely positioned above a saddle between two rising inclines. A spider leg beam spans the length of the house and thus this crevice before dropping down and into the northern hill. Visitors enter this brick, glass, and wood home through a garden court to the north while the service entrance is positioned on the south side of the house. The house extends along the north-south axis and is laid out in order to maximize morning light in the bedrooms and afternoon sun in the kitchen and living room. While such orientations were not practical in California, in Iowa, they were designed to increase solar gain in the winter. Taking the summer into account as well, large deciduous trees such as a weeping willow blocked sunlight from entering the kitchen in the warmer months.

Adapted from Neutra – Complete Works by Barbara Lamprecht (Taschen, 2000), p. 231.