Ravine Residence
- Location Northbrook, Illinois
- Design 1987
- Construction 1988
- General Contractor Rizzolo Brothers’ Company, Inc.
- Structural Engineer Beer Gorski & Graff, Ltd.
- Mechanical Engineer Midwesco Services, Inc.
- Interior Design Greg Stratman
- Design Principal Ernest A Grunsfeld III FAIA
- Photography Wayne Cable
Ravine Residence is a one-story home built on a ravine and bluff in Northfield, Illinois. Designed for a family of four, the house features exterior walls clad in weathered edge Fondulac stone, and large expanses of glass overlooking Lake Michigan.
Interior floors are large slabs of polished, book-matched travertine, intentionally selected to contrast with the weathered edge exterior stonework. The interiors are predominantly rift-sawn Oak woodwork with white walls to accommodate the owner’s art collection; and high ceilings in the major rooms gives the house a lightweight, ethereal feeling.