By enclosing a side porch and bumping out the back of this 1940s Cape Cod a few feet, the architect was able to fulfill the owners' request for a casual layout that takes advantage of the expansive backyard.
The owners wanted to transform this former brick commercial building, and the open lot next door, into a residential structure that respected the neighboring historic row houses.
The existing kitchen was isolated between formal and informal dining rooms and located across the house from the garage, which lacked an interior entry.
Named “Seijaku” by its designers, this project embodies this Japanese principle of quiet and stillness, in which all sense of disturbance is absent.
Charles Moore appreciates the honest American style represented by this 1920s two-story Craftsman bungalow. “It's not pretentious. It has an asymmetric entry and a low pitched roof — things that were more America.
Contractor: Mike Patterson, Patterson Builders, Gaithersburg, Md.Designer: Norman Smith, Norman Smith Architecture, Washington, D.C. Contractor and designer: Bruce Wentworth, Wentworth-Levine Architect-Builder, Silver Spring, Md.
In this house, designer David Jameson wanted to combine the client's enthusiasm for modern structures with the traditional houses of the neighborhood. The judges said the result looks like a collage of "toy blocks" that respects the scale of the original 1947 single-story rambler.
The homeowners gave the designers a general wish list that included a family room, entry, and deck, then gave them the freedom to create.The designers produced a plan that relocates the entry to the side of the house to link it to the garage.
To incorporate the owner's collection of Asian furniture, designer Scott Hommas introduced what he calls an "Asian-influenced Craftsman style" to an interior that blends redwood, rich stone, and natural fibers.
Marked by an obsession with grids, architect-homeowner Barry Sugerman's design aesthetic dominates every room. After stripping the drywall, Sugerman removed every second joist and doubled those remaining, then redrywalled the joists to produce both another grid and a seemingly higher ceiling.