Common Works Architects is one of the two USA-based practices in the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios
Common Works Architects has joined the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios. Here, we feature the studio's White House and profile the practice founded by Asa Highsmith in Oklahoma City in 2015. This award-winning practice , may still be young and small, but it has big and noble ambitions. 'Speaking honestly – my primary motivation is escape,' says Highsmith. 'Escape from for-profit motives of private development.
'America seems to be a country currently built to atomise and isolate each person from the other, and it is detrimental to our social wellbeing and general health. I hope this answer doesn’t sound too politically charged or wildly silly – but it’s my honest hope, and thus my motivation.' Making the most of small budgets to achieve high-impact spaces that make their users' life better. Finding 'ways to make simple language special' is one of the studio's strengths. 'Our clients choose us for this reason – as our approach to design makes our projects extremely constructable and costs predictable,' Highsmith adds. Blend this with a strong interest in craft, heritage and a site-specific approach, and Common Works Architects is a studio brimming with ideas.
A bespoke metal gate with a perforation pattern signifies the transition from public to private space from the street. The visitor is then guided through to an open-plan kitchen, lounge and dining area, which spills out onto a patio courtyard with provision for al fresco dining. The principal bedroom is nestled at the opposite end of the house on the same floor. Upstairs are three more bedrooms and a family bathroom.
A minimalist approach of off-white walls and mortar-rendered masonry is punctuated by custom steel awnings and window planters that add focal points to the pared-down façade. A matching steel shroud transforms the chimney into a centrepiece design feature – a beacon announcing the home's design credentials. Conceived in 2000 as an international index of emerging architectural talent, the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory is our annual listing of promising practices from across the globe.
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