project team
13, llc

awards
2009 | AIA OK Excellence in Design Residential Merit 

press
2017 | territoryokc Modernist Wonderland
2016 | newsok SOSA Fits Into Midtown’s Updated Identity
2015 | journal record MT Man: Fitzsimmons Leaves Mark
2012 | newsok Cottage District: Playground for Architects
2010 | AIA Oklahoma “2009 Honor Awards”
2009 | okcBIZ “Projects in OKC Raked in Top AIA Awards”
2009 | Design Rulz Form Influenced by Numerals: Okasian
2008 | Central OK Homes Magazine Top 10 Building Trends
2007 | OKC Downtown Architecture As Art: The Okasian

This modern project in the Midtown neighborhood of Oklahoma City has served as home, architecture office, and design workshop. The 7th Street site, once home to three buildings demolished in the 1980s, satisfied the owners’ enthusiasm for downtown living and the architect’s belief in urban infill. The form is influenced by numerals important to the owners and expressive of their unique taste. It is enveloped in metal with large expanses of brick and glass providing approximately 2,400 square feet of living space filled with art and furniture by the Owner/Architect and other local artists.

One objective was to maximize the view of Oklahoma City’s growing downtown skyline. Placing the building at the south end of the lot accomplishes this and accommodates discreet alley garage and shop access on the south lower level. This placement also allows space for a future building to the north.

Guest entry to the property utilizes a set of existing stairs and takes the visitor through a bamboo-lined courtyard north of the house.

photo
© joseph mills