The Rubber House - by Tom Pritchard

The Rubber House - by Tom Pritchard The Rubber House -- designed by Tom Pritchard in 1983 for famed choreographer Eugene Loring, it is sheathed completly in black rubber.

History of the Rubber House
THE RUBBER HOUSE - BY TOM PRITCHARD·
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017·
The Rubber House is a unique work of architecture that has become a local landmark and an internationally known work of architecture. Its complex forms are entirely sheathed in black EPDM rubber creating a monochromatic, monolithic and mysterious presence. Designed by Tom Pritchard as his first stand-alon

e home, it was built in 1983 for famous choreographer Eugene Loring. Loring was retiring from Hollywood to the Catskills and giving up his Richard Neutra home in the Hollywood Hills. His directive to Pritchard was simple “I’ve lived in a work of art for many years. Now I want to live in another work of art but a very different one.” It’s hard to imagine anything more different from the horizontal white sleekness of Neutra than The Rubber House. Featured in many magazine and news articles when it was new, it reemerged in recent years due to it being owned by actor Willem Dafoe. Dafoe's decision to sell the house spawned a new crop of news and magazine articles and discussion on many blogs devoted to architecture. The House’s new owners share it with artists and creatives from all over the world, allowing people the opportunity to inhabit and appreciate The Rubber House

We are working with the new owners on some updates to the house. We have photographs of the original construction. as well as photos showing how it has changed over the years and will add them slowly as they are scanned. Please ask any questions you have and Tom Pritchard who conceived and created the house will answer them.

Architectural Digest has been featuring this story again recently about the The Rubber House and it's history with Wille...
07/02/2025

Architectural Digest has been featuring this story again recently about the The Rubber House and it's history with Willem Dafoe....

After 40-plus years, the Academy Award–nominated actor left New York behind for the Roman countryside

Rubber House article. Tom is an architect as well as landscape designer. The text of this article is somewhat flawed b...
11/02/2023

Rubber House article. Tom is an architect as well as landscape designer. The text of this article is somewhat flawed but...

A neoprene dream home

The Rubber House
09/17/2021

The Rubber House

Tom Pritchard inspecting his creation at 40 years. was built in two phases between 1978-1981 for Eugene Loring . ...
09/07/2021

Tom Pritchard inspecting his creation at 40 years. was built in two phases between 1978-1981 for Eugene Loring .

Lichen and rain drop
09/05/2021

Lichen and rain drop

After visiting the Rubber House today, I wondered where Bob Lavaggi was, the intrepid builder who helped me realize the...
09/05/2021

After visiting the Rubber House today, I wondered where Bob Lavaggi was, the intrepid builder who helped me realize the construction of the house 40 years ago. A little googling and voila, found him and visited him in Woodstock! Lots of memories and interesting things I’d forgotten. And he has some of the construction photographs I gave him in a scrapbook back then.

How it happened 🌟 @ Accord, New York
08/28/2020

How it happened

🌟 @ Accord, New York

NYTimes tomorrow features THE RUBBER HOUSE. My first house, designed to be a group of monolithic sculptural forms. Exci...
08/22/2020

NYTimes tomorrow features THE RUBBER HOUSE. My first house, designed to be a group of monolithic sculptural forms. Excised of all ornament and typical vernacular house elements the rubber blurs wall and roof together allowing form remain. Before computer aided design, it was imagined and created by hand, many decisions finalized onsite working with a dedicated team of artist/builders. The rounded form of the studio prefigured Richard Gehry and Richard Serra’s Torqued Ellipses by decades. Designed for choreographer Eugene Loring and later owned by Willem Dafoe. We are working with the new owner on updates and restoration. But for now, you can stay there via AirBNB. NYT link in bio

🌟 . @ Accord, New York

Building The Rubber House, what it looked like before the rubber sheathing was applied. Photos from almost the same van...
01/24/2019

Building The Rubber House, what it looked like before the rubber sheathing was applied. Photos from almost the same vantage point. Billy standing on the bridge above the kitchen and the stair tower not yet built to it’s full height.

Bizarre indeed. The Daily Mail reports The Rubber House was formerly the home of JULIE ANDREWS. Can you imagine that? ...
09/29/2018

Bizarre indeed. The Daily Mail reports The Rubber House was formerly the home of JULIE ANDREWS. Can you imagine that? !

Among its thousands of options, Airbnb also includes both current and former A-list residences.

Spring time in the Catskils is always green and lush. Tom Pritchard is hoping to stop by in a few days and visit The Rub...
05/17/2017

Spring time in the Catskils is always green and lush. Tom Pritchard is hoping to stop by in a few days and visit The Rubber House.

The massive boulder outside the kitchen is a moss and fern covered work of art

08/31/2016

We were in Kingston today and visiting with Barry at the Enterprise Car rental. Turns out he grew up 1 mile down the road from the Rubber House and his whole family lives there on their farm. Needless to say he knew the ledgendary Rubber House.

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