Working with a familiar client, the architects were asked to design a 1,228-square-foot suite addition with a basement level of 1,072 square feet to a house they had renovated in the past. This time, the clients wanted a private world to themselves—separate yet connected to the main house. Design concept and solution: Within the simple white brick gable of the three-story addition, a wooden tower contains the bedroom, generous open bath, and dressing area on the main level, with a meditation space upstairs. A basement level has a gym, massage room, and storage. The tower, inside and out, and the
A storefront from the early 1900s, which had served as a drugstore and soda fountain, is converted into a live/work space for a couple in the real-estate business.
When the owners, a couple with five children between them with one still living at home, purchased the overgrown, approximately 1.5-acre property, located in the tree-lined Seattle neighborhood of Washington Park with views of Mount Rainer, Lake Washington, and the Bellevue skyline, it contained a charming but modest traditional house and guest cottage in need of repair. The architects spent time pursuing the possibility of a remodel and addition, but the state of the house and site made this option unfeasible. The ensuing design stemmed from a combination of reverence for the original house and site and Domestic Architecture’s theoretical
With a very modest budget and a narrow, elongated site in a tiny village in Spain, the clients asked for a small house that could be used as a painting studio as well as an occasional weekend home for their children.
The town of Rotenberg is located in a World Heritage listed area in the Southern German district of Stuttgart. The clients wanted a modern home that would accommodate their multigenerational family. Overcoming the challenges of the historic area’s strict building codes and an awkwardly shaped, tight building site has resulted in a three-story, less than 1,000-square foot home with frugal details and a modern sensibility that pays respect to the traditional forms and building craftsmanship of the region. Design concept and solution:In context with the area’s traditional houses, the barnlike volume is painted white. Windows are positioned to frame views
Situated in a nondescript subdivision of Eastern Pennsylvania, this 3,100-square-foot house is surrounded by other single-family houses of all shapes and sizes.
Built for a couple and located in an area of Southern Holland notable for its extensive sand dunes, this house was designed to both embrace and stand out from the landscape.
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