The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment. The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home. Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition. The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions. The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns. Overview: Elm Grove Size: 2,800 sf, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Completion Date: September 2014 Services: Architecture, Landscape Architecture Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design

Barn 5 Exterior photo by Charles Petersheim
ニューヨークにある小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな茶色い家の写真

The pool and ADU are the focal points of this backyard oasis.
サンフランシスコにある小さなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (漆喰サイディング、混合材屋根) の写真

Exterior Elevation of the restored 1930's small fishing cabin. Photo by Jason Letham
他の地域にあるお手頃価格の小さなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

ロンドンにあるラグジュアリーな小さなインダストリアルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (レンガサイディング、タウンハウス、混合材屋根) の写真

photo by Lael Taylor
ワシントンD.C.にある高級な小さなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

C. L. Fry Photo
オースティンにあるラグジュアリーな小さなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング) の写真

A weekend getaway / ski chalet for a young Boston family. 24ft. wide, sliding window-wall by Architectural Openings. Photos by Matt Delphenich
ボストンにある小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (メタルサイディング) の写真

This charming 1-story home offers an floor plan, inviting front porch with decorative posts, a 2-car rear-entry garage with mudroom, and a convenient flex space room with an elegant coffered ceiling at the front of the home. With lofty 10' ceilings throughout, attractive hardwood flooring in the Foyer, Living Room, Kitchen, and Dining Room, and plenty of windows for natural lighting, this home has an elegant and spacious feel. The large Living Room includes a cozy gas fireplace with stone surround, flanked by windows, and is open to the Dining Room and Kitchen. The open Kitchen includes Cambria quartz counter tops with tile backsplash, a large raised breakfast bar open to the Dining Room and Living Room, stainless steel appliances, and a pantry. The adjacent Dining Room provides sliding glass door access to the patio. Tucked away in the back corner of the home, the Owner’s Suite with painted truncated ceiling includes an oversized closet and a private bathroom with a 5' tile shower, cultured marble double vanity top, and Dura Ceramic flooring. Above the Living Room is a convenient unfinished storage area, accessible by stairs

Jan Piotrowicz
ロンドンにあるお手頃価格の小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Charles Hilton Architects, Robert Benson Photography From grand estates, to exquisite country homes, to whole house renovations, the quality and attention to detail of a "Significant Homes" custom home is immediately apparent. Full time on-site supervision, a dedicated office staff and hand picked professional craftsmen are the team that take you from groundbreaking to occupancy. Every "Significant Homes" project represents 45 years of luxury homebuilding experience, and a commitment to quality widely recognized by architects, the press and, most of all....thoroughly satisfied homeowners. Our projects have been published in Architectural Digest 6 times along with many other publications and books. Though the lion share of our work has been in Fairfield and Westchester counties, we have built homes in Palm Beach, Aspen, Maine, Nantucket and Long Island.

Front entry to a former miner's cottage. Original flagstones and Edwardian vestibule were restored. The house was repointed using lime pointing with a coal dust pozzalan. design storey architects

After picture of the front of the house in all new siding - James Hardie ColorPlus Autumn Tan Lap Siding to be exact.
セントルイスにあるお手頃価格の小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (コンクリート繊維板サイディング) の写真

サンフランシスコにあるラグジュアリーな小さなビーチスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Chuck Bickford - Fine Homebuilding
フィラデルフィアにある小さなカントリー風のおしゃれな家の外観 (石材サイディング) の写真

Exterior of the casita in the corner of the backyard.
サンフランシスコにある低価格の小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (漆喰サイディング) の写真

他の地域にある高級な小さなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

© Heidi A. Long
ジャクソンにある小さなラスティックスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観の写真

Form and function meld in this smaller footprint ranch home perfect for empty nesters or young families.
インディアナポリスにあるお手頃価格の小さなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな家の外観 (混合材サイディング、混合材屋根、縦張り) の写真