Trubek and Wislocki Houses
1971
Robert Venturi, Pritzker Prize Laureate
Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA
Built as vacation cottages for related families, the Trubek and Wislocki houses share a moor overlooking the sea. The larger house, Trubek, is more complicated than its partner, yet the two weathered-gray houses are definitely a pair. In their simplistic, neo-vernacular style, they resemble both local fishermen's cottages and New England shingle-style vacation homes, and fit perfectly into their environment.
The ground floor plans of both houses consist of a single large room with the kitchen in the corner and a broad porch facing the sea. The bedroom floors are less similar. Wislocki house has a simple set of rooms upstairs, while Trubeck house has a divided Palladian corridor which allows light into the staircase and the upstairs bathroom.
Robert Venturi received the 1973 Award of Merit, House and Home, from the American Institute of Architects.
View Photos of the Trubek and Wislocki Houses
Further Reading
Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
Robert Venturi's first book in which he challenges Modernism. (compare prices)
