It seems appropriate that Modern architecture should appear in Grossburgwedel, Germany—an enclave in a medieval region that has demonstrated progressive leanings over the course of its long history. The Lower Saxony town of 22,000, just 12 miles north of major hub Hannover, is the perfect suburb for cultured city workers to build their dream house—which is exactly what architect Susanne Nobis’s clients asked her to do. The very private clients, a couple, knew of Berg, Germany–based Nobis and appreciated her spare, sleek aesthetic. They asked her to design a house on a site of meadows, fields, and an old oak grove with 40 trees forming an allée leading into a wide, open space. The clients had a single program requirement: “they asked me to design a home where they could live with, and in, nature,” Nobis recalls.
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