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
07/02/2025
Architectural Digest has been featuring this story again recently about the The Rubber House and it's history with Willem Dafoe....
Willem Dafoe’s Houses: From the Rubber House to an Italian Alpaca Farm — Architectural Digest After 40-plus years, the Academy Award–nominated actor left New York behind for the Roman countryside
11/02/2023
Rubber House article. Tom is an architect as well as landscape designer. The text of this article is somewhat flawed but...
Tom Pritchard's Rubber House is for rent in Accord, New York - The Spaces A neoprene dream home
09/17/2021
The Rubber House
09/07/2021
Tom Pritchard inspecting his creation at 40 years. was built in two phases between 1978-1981 for Eugene Loring .
09/05/2021
Lichen and rain drop
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.
08/28/2020
How it happened
🌟 @ Accord, New York
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
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.
09/29/2018
Bizarre indeed. The Daily Mail reports The Rubber House was formerly the home of JULIE ANDREWS. Can you imagine that? !
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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
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.