This Neutra-Inspired Tiny Home Is a Miniature Homage to Modernism
With the clean lines of its steel-and-glass structure, ESCAPE’s new prefab nods to the past—but inside are a trove of modern updates.
With the clean lines of its steel-and-glass structure, ESCAPE’s new prefab nods to the past—but inside are a trove of modern updates.
Tiny home builder ESCAPE’s new design, the N1, is marked by a 30-foot-long glass facade that ties the tiny house to the outdoors. The aesthetic is a familiar one, but for ESCAPE, it was uncharted territory. "We love trying new things," starts the company’s founder, Dan Dobrowolski, "so we decided to create our own version of a midcentury building."
N1, a new modernist tiny home by ESCAPE, is clad with metal and glass; a facade made almost entirely of glass connects the 500-square-foot home to the landscape.
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Inspired by modernist architect Richard Neutra and designed by architect Kelly Davis of SALA Architects, the 500-square-foot residence showcases a flat roof, a front porch, an open floor plan, and automated features that include voice-activated lighting and temperature control.
The home’s exterior is clad in gray metal siding, and a white poly material covers the roof. "[It is] very strong and highly reflective so that it prevents heat buildup," Dobrowolski notes. As a counterpoint to the exterior’s metal and glass, the interior of N1 is finished in maple for a more natural look. The kitchen and bath cabinetry were crafted with the same maple, and the flooring throughout the tiny home is a maple composite.
The tiny home displays an open-plan interior, where the kitchen-and-dining area is adjacent to the sizable, light-filled living room.
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The kitchen-and-dining area is adjacent to the living room, which accommodates a sectional sofa, a coffee table, and a large television. The bedroom, located beyond the living room, is arranged with sliding maple doors that access an en suite bathroom. A second bathroom and a full-size washer and dryer are situated at the opposite end of the tiny home, near the front door and the kitchen-and-dining area.
"The sense of space is amazing," attests Dobrowolski. "This is what ESCAPE is about—openness and a direct connection to the setting."
The kitchen cabinetry and the flooring throughout the tiny home are finished with maple. A washer and dryer are situated behind maple doors at one end of the kitchen-and-dining area.
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