Mightaswell Lake House

A New Nebraska Farmhouse

  • Type House,
  • Location Eastern Nebraska
  • Area 10,800 s.f. (total gross area)
  • Status Construction
  • Date Completion anticipated 2026

A simple gabled house shape extruded to extreme lengths, but divided into three volumes: the main house, the garage (attached 90 degrees to the house), and a future guesthouse / machine shed. The main house interior is divided into two qualities of space, compact and intimate and lofty and expansive creating a wide variety of interior places with visual connections to the large property. The house is situated between a county road and a private reservoir lake in rural Nebraska. Recalling both the typical farm shed and the common ranch house, this revisioned farm compound supports recreational use and the utilitarian functions of land stewardship. The material palette is deliberately reduced to focus on the abstracted form – white fiber cement siding with a standing seam metal roof is all one finds on the exterior. The interior walls and ceilings alternate between plywood and white drywall while radiant concrete floors extend throughout.

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Where the exterior is monolithic in color and form, the interior of the house is a reverse hierarchy of texture, material, and color. The large social and multifunctional spaces, as well as the primary bedroom have simple white surfaces with vaulted, curved ceilings, hidden cabinetry, and plywood clad end walls and dividers. Bright color or matte black highlights secondary spaces such as the stair as counterpoints to the overall logic of the house. Floors are ground, polished concrete.

Construction view from North: February, 2026

West deck, North deck

The oculus, South patio

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