page_title: Wall House II
hierarchical_section_title: Wall House II
caption_attribution_description: English: Wall House 2, originally designed by John Hejduk in the 1970s. Build in 2001 in the city of Groningen, the Netherlands Nederlands: Wall House 2, oorspronkelijk in de jaren '70 ontworpen door John Hejduk. In 2001 gebouwd in Groningen, Nederland.
context_page_description: Located in Groningen, Netherlands, the Wall House II or the Bye House is one of the few realized designs to which the renowned American architect John Hejduk owes his fame. The residence was initially designed in 1973 for Ed Bye, a landscape architect and fellow faculty member at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York City, to be built in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The plans were abandoned due to concerns over the cost of the building until a Groningen-based development company, Wilma, took special interest in the project and decided to fund the construction at 2,500 square feet. It was not until the unexpected death of John Hejduk in 2000 that construction on the house began.
  In contrast to traditional dwelling houses, this design has an enormous wall as its central feature, comprised with four organic-formed rooms and a long, narrow corridor. As an extraordinary intersection of Cubist painting, Surrealist sculpture and architecture, the Wall House II is one of the designs to which the architect John Hejduk owes his fame.
context_section_description: Located in Groningen, Netherlands, the Wall House II or the Bye House is one of the few realized designs to which the renowned American architect John Hejduk owes his fame. The residence was initially designed in 1973 for Ed Bye, a landscape architect and fellow faculty member at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York City, to be built in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The plans were abandoned due to concerns over the cost of the building until a Groningen-based development company, Wilma, took special interest in the project and decided to fund the construction at 2,500 square feet. It was not until the unexpected death of John Hejduk in 2000 that construction on the house began.
  In contrast to traditional dwelling houses, this design has an enormous wall as its central feature, comprised with four organic-formed rooms and a long, narrow corridor. As an extraordinary intersection of Cubist painting, Surrealist sculpture and architecture, the Wall House II is one of the designs to which the architect John Hejduk owes his fame.
caption: The Wall House II
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