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and jane Ann
handled interior design and landscape direction. They agreed to split
responsibilities, not their 22-year marriage. Inspiration, says architect
Tom, stems from a visual vocabulary, what one sees and experiences. For
him the biggest influence was working with the master of organice architecture,
Bruce Goff. Added into the mix were the couple's extensive travels and
the architectural influence of postwar Japan, where Tom served in the
armed forces. But the biggest influence on their home design, says Tom,
was the couple's sense of humor "Maybe that shines through. We hope it
does." he says. To those who are imprisoned in what Tom calls the "shackles
of propriety. "Tom says he and Jane Ann can stand the heat. "Propriety
is in turn a prisoner of tradition, which can often be out of step with
reality," he says. "Prisoners" who are dogmatic about what is correct
and offended by anyone who violates it, says Tom, stir up the guardians
of "the right way" But he preferes to remain the lone nail. The couple
reamins quietly unimpressed witht he buzz their home has created. For
the Workmans, their home is not about the right way. It is about creating
a dream, which most homes are anyway. It is a dream that includes their
love of originality, light, color, art, asymmetry and neverending views.
It is about visual feasting every moment of the day, every day of the
week. Which is, of course, what the Workmans hope happens to everyone
who passes by their dream home.
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| ABOVE: The couple's office faces Armstrong Avenue, where the Workmans can watch passer-by. |
BELOW: Jane Ann's studio is at the center of the first floor, where she draws and paints in her airy cottage. Tom designed the two-sided easel so she can work on two paintings at once, without changing canvasses. |
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