The Kellogg Doolittle House

From its hand-laid stone path to the marble, copper and glass work inside, there is no detail about Kellogg Doolittle that is underwhelming. It takes days to take it all in. Never has the relationship between every item inside a home been so strong, but since everything, down to the BBQ and Table Lamps were made custom, and specifically for the home, that relationship is highly poetic. The first thing that strikes many visitors is that the home really stands as a single piece of Art, and then of course it happens to also be a house one can live in. There is playfulness between some of its Brutalist forms and its opposing Organic Architectural nature. The light plays with and through the home all day, and then in the evenings, when lit up, it captures the quiet excitement of an opera house minutes before a performance. For a home with so much glass and concrete, it is surprisingly warm, intimate, and inviting; yes, another Kellogg contradiction! The half-moon curved kitchen is both jaw-dropping and great to cook a meal in. The fireplace in the sunken living room is breathtaking. The circular master bedroom sits at the top of the house, in the clearstory, with the perfect floating view of the night sky. The whole home just seems to rest quietly in the rocks; boulders inside and outside the home that have not moved in millions of years.