Split level home goes up and out

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When planning this project, the owners wanted to add space and functionality while preserving the home's character

Every effort was made to make the new cabinetry, countertop, cuisine classique, floor, flooring, hardwood, interior design, kitchen, room, wood flooring, gray, black — Every effort was made to make the new part of the home as spacious as possible

Wood cabinets and dark countertops, together with a cabinetry, countertop, cuisine classique, floor, hardwood, interior design, kitchen, under cabinet lighting, wood flooring, brown

A skylight in the kitchen lights the island architecture, ceiling, house, interior design, kitchen, real estate, gray

A rock garden sits outside this hallway - backyard, cottage, courtyard, facade, home, house, real estate, residential area, siding, window, yard, gray

The new living spaces make the most of architecture, backyard, cottage, deck, elevation, facade, farmhouse, home, house, property, real estate, siding, window, yard, brown

The deck appears to float above the lawn architecture, cottage, daylighting, elevation, estate, facade, farmhouse, home, house, property, real estate, residential area, roof, siding, window, teal

The yard at dusk - The yard at architecture, building, daylighting, elevation, estate, facade, home, house, real estate, residential area, roof, siding, window, teal

Wood runs above the kitchen, breaking up the architecture, cabinetry, ceiling, countertop, floor, hardwood, interior design, kitchen, wood flooring, gray

This opaque window is the perfect balance of architecture, bathroom, ceiling, daylighting, floor, interior design, room, white

This study/office nook has direct access to the architecture, ceiling, door, floor, interior design, wall, brown, gray

A shelf runs along the bathroom window - architecture, bathroom, ceiling, daylighting, floor, flooring, hardwood, house, interior design, laminate flooring, real estate, room, tile, wood, wood flooring, gray, brown

The eastern influences are clear in this hallway architecture, floor, house, interior design, white, gray

Architect: Gardner Architects LLCStructural engineer: Robert Silman Associates PLLCKitchen designer: Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & BathAbout the project (text supplied): This 50’s era split level on a small lot needed expanding for the owners’ pattern of living and improved spatial connections internally and to the site.

The owners sought to update the house to a more modern state while preserving memories of its original character. They hoped to connect the indoors to the out-of-doors, create spacious, flexible spaces for living and dining with views between spaces, and to make the kitchen the heart of the home. Describing themselves as “accidentally sustainable,” they wanted to pair their design goals with environmentally sound choices.

The first floor spaces were expanded and joined so that dining and gathering can occur “anywhere and everywhere.” The kitchen became the nexus of all activity, joining the living and dining spaces on the first floor to the study/loggia and entry hall on the half-level below.

The new living space is tall and spacious with terrace doors, windows, skylights and a light shelf on the south wall, welcoming in abundant cross ventilation and natural light. The L-shaped addition embraces a new cypress deck that floats across a grass terrace to a stone wall and rock garden, creating a unifying transition to the outdoors. This main level addition and the second floor addition, perched as a treehouse, embrace the backyard and capture the traversing daylight.

Sustainably-minded smart envelope design, passive solar heating, natural ventilation, daylighting, radiant floor heat, high insulation values, water-saving fixtures, and low VOC/formaldehyde-free materials complete the balanced design.

Story by: David Renwick

28 Nov, 2017

Renovation

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