We found this home about a month ago in Minneapolis proper in the lakes area.   It was designed by Graffunder in 1968.   One of his simpler designs. 

 

 We found this home designed by Graffunder and built in 1955 about a month ago near Minneapolis proper.  It’s on a beautiful lot and some of Graffunder’s common themes are apparent even from the outside. 

Our Graffunder Home

 

 

 This home was designed by Mr. Graffunder in 1954-1955 and built in 1955.  It is basically a 2 story square block with a flat roof and windows all along the front of the top story which is the main floor.  The footprint is about 2,100 sq. feet.  It utilizes many of Graffunder’s common themes of exposed beams, expansive windows and simple, organic &/or industrial matrials.  The exposed beams extend throughout the home and through the windows to support the eaves and a suspended balcony on the front.  They also support a suspended staircase on the interior.  There is generous use of commercial tile for flooring as well as cyprus for external siding and internal paneling.  Spancrete is used as the support structure of the main floor and is also used as the duct work for the central air.  The roof structure is Tectum which is exposed on the interior as the ceiling.

There have been very few changes to the home since it was built.