House is currently UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Listed price is estimated only. The final sales price will be determined AFTER all renovations are complete, SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. Located at t he end of a high ridge of Brown's Mountain, six miles from Knoxville, this project of contemporary houses is a separate subdivision of a real estate development rather ambitiously called "Little Switzerland." It started with a group of congenial families who wished to build cooperatively and persuaded the designers to join in the venture. The latter prevailed on the realtor to make this portion of the ridge a separate unit and to establish the "contemporary design" restriction. In all, there are twenty 120' x 240' lots; to date, ten houses are either built or designed-all by Alfred and Jane West Clauss. Owners are assured permanent protection by clauses in the property deeds. One of the most recent units of the group, this redwood house, the designers' own home, represents a culmination and refinement of planning theories and details introduced in the houses previously built (namely, B, C, D, E, and F). The living room is placed on the second floor ; the kitchen and dining room are on the ground floor, and the entrance door occurs at an intermediate level. This basic scheme, an intelligent design reflection of the sloping site, also separates living activities and provides desired privacy. Sleeping space and a bathroom also occur on each level-for the same reasons. To suit the owners' particular preferences, however, the plan of House A is considerably more open and flexible than those of the other houses at Little Switzerland. Separation between several of the rooms or use areas is accomplished by curtaining instead of partitions, and sliding panels and removable, full-height closets anticipate the probability that alternate floor arrangements may be desired in the future. The recreation deck on the roof is reached by a stair behind a sliding panel in the living room; the kitchen porch opens onto the walled terrace on the view side at ground level. The garage and workshop, planned as part of the house, are connected directly with the entrance hall. Placement of the house on the lot made an entrance drive unnecessary. An important aspect of the organization of the house is the relative barrier to view and distraction it offers on the approach side and the continuous large scale fenestration that occurs toward the south and the commanding view of the Smoky Mountains. A highly rationalized scheme, it provides both intermediate post supports that allow subdivision of the area into several sizes of desirable room shapes and the advantages to be gained from use of solar heat in winter. They admit, however, that some of this economy is attributable to the central location of the mechanical room and chimney. To shade the sun in summer, the outriggers above the window bands are fitted with removable panels which slide into grooves provided in the framework. These provide better air circulation than a solid overhang, according to the designers.
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