This is a 7,800 s.f., three level home residence located in a dense urban neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois was designed by Nicholas Clark Architects for working parents and their two children. The Cortland Residence was designed to provide privacy and solitude for the Owners by creating a strong connection between interior and visually protected exterior spaces. Two courtyards act as organizing elements and the focus for the interior. Privacy is achieved by the arrangement of building forms which block vision from the street. Courtyard walls are defined by planes of glass, cedar and wood panels.
References: Nicholas Clark Architects, Contemporist
