LongHouse: Interior Gallery
LongHouse, the home of visionary, Jack Lenor Larsen, situated on the LongHouse Reserve property, was designed in collaboration with architect Charles Forberg and completed in 1992 as the colleagues’ thirtieth project together. Inspired by Japan’s seventh-century Ise Shrine, the 13,000-square-foot structure is raised on stilts and articulated through layered volumes and textile partitions, reflecting Larsen’s visionary integration of craft, architecture, and material culture.
Larsen lived here from the 1990s until his death in 2020 at age 93. Not open to the public, the house remains a private extension of his philosophy; a space where art, design, and daily life are inseparable.
At the request of the Reserve’s leadership and Larsen’s partner, I was granted special access to photograph the interiors in support of a broader architectural context. Documenting both the public landscape and the private residence was an extraordinary opportunity, and a project I feel deeply honored to have undertaken.
