Modern in the Trees

A new house in Birmingham, built of precast concrete planks and Corten steel, with floor-to-ceiling steel windows that open every room to the trees. Inside: a kitchen built to the same exacting standard, a whiskey room, and a lighting system tuned to every room and every hour.

The owner knew exactly what he wanted, down to the absence of a single handle or hinge, and the architects drew it precisely. Our job was to build it that precisely. Concrete, Corten, steel, and wood all meet in plain sight, and the planks and panels had to course out exactly, so every joint had to be right. The Wall Street Journal told the story in June 2025.