A new house in Ladue, a suburb of St. Louis, designed for the owners to entertain, display their collection of artwork, and to respond to the site conditions. The sloping site is split diagonally by a dry stream drainage structure that results in the neighboring house on one side being shifted towards the street and the other pushed to the back of the site. The solution involved a compact form to reduce construction costs, with a large freestanding wall connected to the house with a private deck that screens the back yard from the neighbors. "Thoroughly
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