The Tower House began not as a monument, but as a home. John Kahn first imagined a simple cabin in the woods - a quiet retreat for himself and his family, shaped by the land, the spring-fed pond, and the challenge of building in the round. What emerged over time became far more ambitious: a true-radius structure, neither faceted nor conventional, shaped by curiosity, experimentation, and hands-on problem-solving.

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Where another builder might have simplified, John often did the opposite - overbuilding for strength, testing solutions in real time, and allowing each discovery to inform the next.

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It is an extraordinary testament, an artist-builder responding to materials, geometry, and landscape.