“There’s something charming about a home that bears traces of the labor that went into its construction—especially in this case, when that construction was done by the owner himself.”DAISY ZUCKERMAN, EDITORIAL FELLOW Weathering St(ee)L House
by Derek Hoeferlin Design
Derek Hoeferlin, principal of his eponymous architecture practice in St. Louis, Missouri, devised this 4,300-square-foot live/work studio in the city’s Forest Park Southeast neighborhood for Joe Pentland, an artist and electrical engineer who builds kinetic sculptures. Joe knew he wanted a “simple steel box” that was “bold yet contextual” to its site, says Hoeferlin, so the architect suggested oxidized steel for the industrialesque facade, which “day by day blends more and more with its surroundings,” he says. Joe did much of the construction, following YouTube tutorials for tasks like installing windows.…
