WRONG HOUSE

WRONG HOUSE

The Architect Who Meets His Clients on the Dance Floor

From his rule-breaking Rock'n'House in Saugerties, New York, Christian Wassmann discusses building a practice on "magic moments."

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Wrong House
Jan 15, 2026
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Written and photographed by Alex T. Williams

On a clear afternoon in late September, I drove to Saugerties to visit Swiss architect Christian Wassmann. Our meeting was at Rock’n’House, the residence he designed and built for himself and his family—one pole of a life split between the Hudson Valley and the East Village. The plan was simple enough: to scou…

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