The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, August 10, 1961, page 46 (of 52)

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UNUSUAL SUBURBAN HOME Atrium House In Atlanta Under the "floating" dome—radiance and tranquility

■ UNUSUAL SUBURBAN HOME ■ Photographed above: the atrium, which is both inner court and entrance hall, and a focus of family life. All other rooms open off it—this view shows the living-dining room. Clerestory lighting enters through gables made of folded plates of plywood. Atrium House In Atlanta Under the "floating" dome—radiance and tranquility CECIL ALEXANDER, who is the owner of this spectacular house in suburban Atlanta, is also the architect, and his feeling about his family and knowledge of their needs had a direct bearing on his design. The core of the house is the entrance court, the atrium, filled with light and growing plants and the singing of a cherished canary—even on gloomy days there is a luminous charm to this great, free focus of the Alexanders' family life. They meet here all day, coming and going from the rest of the house—all the other rooms open off the atrium—and it lends itself equally well to family gatherings or big parties. On a hot summer day they have even been known to spread a tablecloth on the flagstone floor and sit down to a picnic lunch under their sunless "sky"! Mrs. Alexander admits to some misgivings along the way, during the planning and building, but she had confidence in her architect, and now she says that the house has given them all a new dimension in living—"a heightened awareness of everything beautiful about us." A kitchen of IBM efficiency makes its own contribution to this romantic house. For details, see page 21. The Alexanders, by the round fireplace in the living room—from the left, Judy, Mrs. Alexander, Terri, Douglas who joined them after the house was built, and Mr. Alexander. 18 Suburbia Today, August 1961