Famous Architech that thought we should have small designated rooms?

[rlsatND]

Definitely my style, and definitely see design aspects that I recognize. You can check out ours athttp://www.designdecisionsstudio.com/portfolio/cottage-in-the-woods

Here's the house. The build was fun. A lot of nice details

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[Stan Tillinghast]

My wife once got a big idea: have a house without internal load-bearing walls so you can move partitions around at will. That led me to look at timber frame houses; it was a great idea but we never did anything about it.
We live in yet another "open plan" house now; the room used for a study has a wall that doesn't go to the ceiling; let's light in from the skylight in the living room, but lets sound in from everywhere.
OTOH there's a wall going to the ceiling in the kitchen, and wifey is making noises about opening up the upper part of the wall so she can get more light in the kitchen.
I'm waiting for cheaper electrochromic windows so visually, at least, areas can be opened or closed at the touch of a button.

 

[mike_aa]

...OTOH there's a wall going to the ceiling in the kitchen, and wifey is making noises about opening up the upper part of the wall so she can get more light in the kitchen.
I'm waiting for cheaper electrochromic windows so visually, at least, areas can be opened or closed at the touch of a button.

Have you looked at Solatubes?  We installed six in our home and they let in tons more light than a skylight.

Mike A.

 

[Coen]

My wife once got a big idea: have a house without internal load-bearing walls

You mean like 95%+ of the houses constructed after 1970 in the Netherlands?