Property of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Young | Pittsburgh | Architects Mitchell & Ritchey | Photograph Richard Garrison

There's no doubt that the Young house is different. Curiosity seekers come from miles around to criticize and stay to admire. And well they might. It is a house definitely contemporary in form, proudly standing among traditional neighbors. Not one inch does it give to them in quality. Mitchell and Ritchie, architects, are experts at giving a house distinction. In the first place they have evolved a colorful house with cinder-block basement walls, painted soft red. The wood upper structure is stained natural in tone, while the angular trim is white. A canary- yellow door adds a bright welcome.

Nor do we leave color outdoors. Walls of brick red may be found underneath living-room windows. Draperies add the further sparkle of apple-green mohair. Natural tones of Ponderosa pine above fireplace contrast with clean white other walls and ceiling. And everywhere there are large windows and a view of softly rolling hills. The windows are fixed; that is, they do not open. Ventilation is gained by means of small openings above or under the sash. These have outside screens and inside flush-paneled doors. The basement room with its own outside doorway is now used by the family's two active youngsters.