Modern Disappointment

I was anxiously awaiting to hit the next house on our short list of homes to see on the local 2010 Green Homes tour.  My personal architectural style tends to lien more traditional, but I was really looking forward to checking out this uber modern house designed and built by Anchorage Building Corp.  The house is built on an infill lot with a "sundial" siting, meaning that the front door sits square to the sun at noon everyday of the year.

This artist rendition of the house prominently posted in the Green Home Tour program should have clued me in that the house is still under construction, but after visiting the first house, in it's almost done condition, I had hoped we would find the modern house in similar fashion.  We arrived at the lot, located on a narrow street and precariously parked on the side of the road.  With kids in tow, we hiked up the muddy dirt driveway to find a slab and a few concrete walls.  Bummer!  Not a whole lot to see, especially with two little ones.  I had visions of Jackson walking straight out of a window frame from the top floor.  We decided not to chance a potential disaster and headed home with two tuckered out kids.

I look forward to checking out next years Green Home Tour and hope to add more homes to hit up next time.  Although, if I could make a helpful suggestion to the tour coordinators, it would be to include more information on the stage of construction the various homes will be in, as both homes on our list had artist renditions, but were found in completely different conditions.