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Nautilus HomesThis is a home that was designed around the property. With views in every direction from the master suite and almost everywhere else in the home. The home was designed by local architect Randy Sample and the interior architecture was designed by Maurice Jennings Architecture, a disciple of E. Fay Jones. New Construction of a 4,400 sf custom home in the Southbay Neighborhood of Osprey, FL, just south of Sarasota.
Photo - Ricky Perrone
Acorn Deck House CompanyPartridge Pond is Acorn Deck House Company’s newest model home. This house is a contemporary take on the classic Deck House. Its open floor plan welcomes guests into the home, while still maintaining a sense of privacy in the master wing and upstairs bedrooms. It features an exposed post and beam structure throughout as well as the signature Deck House ceiling decking in the great room and master suite. The goal for the home was to showcase a mid-century modern and contemporary hybrid that inspires Deck House lovers, old and new.
Jay Miller General Contractors, Inc.Removed old wood siding. Installed new steel overhead garage door. Installed new Hardie Plank Siding, Azek Trim Boards, and copper gutters. Installed all new Marvin Casement Windows
EcosphericA 1960's three-storey property originally designed in the ‘upside-down’ style with an open-plan living space retrofitted to EnerPHit Plus certified standard. The project team aimed to retain as much of the existing structure and materials as possible, including the reuse of decommissioned pre-existing underfloor heating pipes.
To achieve EnerPHit Plus requirements involved careful consideration of how to introduce the airtightness to the existing building fabric without affecting the overall appearance of the existing house. There were also challenges about how to resolve thermal bridging between the new triple glazed windows and the existing walls.
The house needed extensive repair works addressing air leakages and damp, but the the client was keen to retain many of the original features of the modernist 1960s aesthetic. The building's reinforced-concrete structure presented difficulties since it was hard to know the condition of the structure, and where the pre-stressed areas would be, until the building work was underway.
Different wall build-ups (using internal or external wall insulation, such as EcoCork lime plaster, ThermaLine render or wood-based Steico insulation) were needed depending on the orientation of the building. The outside of the building was fully re-rendered, alongside making good windowsills with leaking flashings. The project team aimed to retain as much of the existing structure and materials as possible, including the reuse of decommissioned pre-existing underfloor heating pipes.
Carlos Delgado ArchitectThe tiered entry flows up gracefully to the front door, while the cantilevered balconies and long deep eaves create sanctuary. Each of these tiers is landscaped elegantly with mature plants that were meticulously placed, creating privacy from the streetscape.
AHG InteriorsThinking outside the box
Perched on a hilltop in the Catskills, this sleek 1960s A-frame is right at home among pointed firs and
mountain peaks.
An unfussy, but elegant design with modern shapes, furnishings, and material finishes both softens and enhances the home’s architecture and natural surroundings, bringing light and airiness to every room.
A clever peekaboo aesthetic enlivens many of the home’s new design elements―invisible touches of lucite, accented brass surfaces, oversized mirrors, and windows and glass partitions in the spa bathrooms, which give you all the comfort of a high-end hotel, and the feeling that you’re showering in nature.
Downstairs ample seating and a wet bar―a nod to your parents’ 70s basement―make a perfect space for entertaining. Step outside onto the spacious deck, fire up the grill, and enjoy the gorgeous mountain views.
Stonework, scattered like breadcrumbs around the 5-acre property, leads you to several lounging nooks, where you can stretch out with a book or take a soak in the hot tub.
Every thoughtful detail adds softness and magic to this forest home.
The Brooklyn StudioThis residence was a complete gut renovation of a 4-story row house in Park Slope, and included a new rear extension and penthouse addition. The owners wished to create a warm, family home using a modern language that would act as a clean canvas to feature rich textiles and items from their world travels. As with most Brooklyn row houses, the existing house suffered from a lack of natural light and connection to exterior spaces, an issue that Principal Brendan Coburn is acutely aware of from his experience re-imagining historic structures in the New York area. The resulting architecture is designed around moments featuring natural light and views to the exterior, of both the private garden and the sky, throughout the house, and a stripped-down language of detailing and finishes allows for the concept of the modern-natural to shine.
Upon entering the home, the kitchen and dining space draw you in with views beyond through the large glazed opening at the rear of the house. An extension was built to allow for a large sunken living room that provides a family gathering space connected to the kitchen and dining room, but remains distinctly separate, with a strong visual connection to the rear garden. The open sculptural stair tower was designed to function like that of a traditional row house stair, but with a smaller footprint. By extending it up past the original roof level into the new penthouse, the stair becomes an atmospheric shaft for the spaces surrounding the core. All types of weather – sunshine, rain, lightning, can be sensed throughout the home through this unifying vertical environment. The stair space also strives to foster family communication, making open living spaces visible between floors. At the upper-most level, a free-form bench sits suspended over the stair, just by the new roof deck, which provides at-ease entertaining. Oak was used throughout the home as a unifying material element. As one travels upwards within the house, the oak finishes are bleached to further degrees as a nod to how light enters the home.
The owners worked with CWB to add their own personality to the project. The meter of a white oak and blackened steel stair screen was designed by the family to read “I love you” in Morse Code, and tile was selected throughout to reference places that hold special significance to the family. To support the owners’ comfort, the architectural design engages passive house technologies to reduce energy use, while increasing air quality within the home – a strategy which aims to respect the environment while providing a refuge from the harsh elements of urban living.
This project was published by Wendy Goodman as her Space of the Week, part of New York Magazine’s Design Hunting on The Cut.
Photography by Kevin Kunstadt
Midcentury House Exterior with Three Floors Ideas and Designs
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