It’s impossible not to notice that the home called The Hyfield at this year’s NW Natural Parade of Homes is a home unlike any other in Clark County.
Designed and built by Modern Home Design & Build owner John Taylor, the home offers almost 2,700 square feet of living space on a single floor, without a single stair into a room or even a shower. Its wide-open great room is filled with light. Fireplaces of matching design in the great room and in an outdoor living space, separated by a glass wall, help blur the line between outdoor and indoor living. The silk-smooth walls with little wood trim evoke minimalist modernism.
Taylor says the home’s bright contemporary design evokes the midcentury architecture of Palm Springs, Calif., and the work of renowned California midcentury architects William Krisel and Joseph Eichler. “Those those two guys my biggest heroes,” says Taylor, who extends the Southern California theme to California plants grown at a Sauvie Island nursery to adapt to the Northwest climate. Read more here.
By Gordon Oliver, Columbian Business Editor
Published: September 3, 2015, 6:00 AM