Glen Mitchell House
Dodge City, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Located at 1905 Burr Parkway in Dodge City, Kansas, the Glen Mitchell House (1968) was an unusual presence among the town's conventional dwellings when completed. Designed by Bruce Goff in the Organic Architecture style during his Kansas practice (1964–1968) and built by Don Stein and Leo Jantz, the residence for Dr. Glen Mitchell, a dentist and musician, drew inspiration from Asian influences and employed angular geometry, natural materials, and colored glass to achieve harmony with its landscape. The house's defining feature is its dramatic sloping wood shingle roof with large overhangs and thin eaves set above expansive clerestory glass, creating what observers described as a sense of flight. Though architect Arn Henderson later criticized the monochromatic wood shake cladding as lacking the delicacy of Goff's other work, the unified material palette may reflect Goff's personal philosophy linking music and architectural composition.
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- Built
- Type
- house
- Place
- Dodge City, United States
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