Situated on Prospect St, in Seattle, Washington, this modern single family property was designed by Janof Architecture. Prospect House is a result of celebrating a stunning Seattle panorama by exploiting the potential of conventional wide-flange steel in a wind-braced frame, giving the architects an opportunity to use an unusual amount of glass in a two-story high, fifty-foot wide wall. Because the owners wished to maintain a domestic yet vintage industrial look to their home, the use of a commercial aluminum curtain wall system was out of the question. Nor could such a window wall be accomplished using wood construction. Combining a steel frame with residential grade wood windows allowed us to recreate the look of an old factory that is, at the same time, waterproof and structurally state-of-the art.
