I grew up in a neighborhood containing “modern” homes replete with these ridiculous spaces. Much too small to grill in safely, or otherwise utilize as a garden/outdoor activity area. Much too large for all the landlocked, underutilized square-footage. In essence these were outdoor smoking patios festooned with cigarette butts and wilting houseplants.
benny
grow room
nolatx
It’s Celia Hodes’ atrium from her Agrestic/Regrestic home.
JD
I never made it to the photos…too caught up in the street name. Glamorgan?
mollusk
Zoom in on the satellite map view and the pool is a lovely shade of deep emerald green.
artfox
@JD…the street is named after Glamorgan in Wales, U.K.
tmakogon
What likey used to be a tree is now a flowerbed. Original owners may have decided against cutting a mature tree and built the house around it. Since then the tree deteriorated and was likely removed but the space which could be enclosed remained as a micro-courtyard.
matx
I really like this house, even with the odd atrium. You could have a living Christmas tree all year round. . .
Colleen
There’s another house on the block for sale, also with this feature.
Colleen
Or maybe not. I might have looked @ the same house. But that house/neighborhood it mighty close to the beltway.
JB
When we were looking at houses a year ago, we came across several of these from this same vintage. I don’t think this was a one-off oddity, I think this was an intentional design feature. Which staggers the mind. At first I thought, oh cool, a little garden area…but it really can’t get light for more than an hour or two each day, so that’s out.
I grew up in a neighborhood containing “modern” homes replete with these ridiculous spaces. Much too small to grill in safely, or otherwise utilize as a garden/outdoor activity area. Much too large for all the landlocked, underutilized square-footage. In essence these were outdoor smoking patios festooned with cigarette butts and wilting houseplants.
grow room
It’s Celia Hodes’ atrium from her Agrestic/Regrestic home.
I never made it to the photos…too caught up in the street name. Glamorgan?
Zoom in on the satellite map view and the pool is a lovely shade of deep emerald green.
@JD…the street is named after Glamorgan in Wales, U.K.
What likey used to be a tree is now a flowerbed. Original owners may have decided against cutting a mature tree and built the house around it. Since then the tree deteriorated and was likely removed but the space which could be enclosed remained as a micro-courtyard.
I really like this house, even with the odd atrium. You could have a living Christmas tree all year round. . .
There’s another house on the block for sale, also with this feature.
Or maybe not. I might have looked @ the same house. But that house/neighborhood it mighty close to the beltway.
When we were looking at houses a year ago, we came across several of these from this same vintage. I don’t think this was a one-off oddity, I think this was an intentional design feature. Which staggers the mind. At first I thought, oh cool, a little garden area…but it really can’t get light for more than an hour or two each day, so that’s out.