A modest remodel and addition for a couple, a writer and his wife, a professor, this project was phased in two parts to allow for the birth of the couple’s first child. Phase 1 is a standing seam-clad addition to the existing house that juts
out into the rear yard, taking cues from certain trees and landscape features. The remainder of the addition is wrapped in stained cedar siding that flows seamlessly onto the attached deck and surrounds the precast concrete
dipping pool. Paint colors create a lively palette that, even from the street, provides clues of what the backyard holds. Phase two takes continues this bold color palette into the existing house. The kitchen was completely made over, with concrete countertops and floor to ceiling windows looking out to the addition. The existing bedrooms and bathroom were reconfigured to make the spaces more useful.
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A & O Inc. DBA Asterisk Design wrote:
Pool specs - Would you be willing to sell the plans for the custom culvert? I have been trying to explain this exact idea to people forever and now I have it in living color. And that it can be done. Thank you! It is sublime. We live in Newport, RI, otherwise I'd be on your doorstep. The historic district will have their hands full with this design. TBS »
Shehan & Estabrook Decorative Arts Although I do not reside in a Historic District I suspect it might be considered a landscape feature. I am eager to know the details and own one..!
Clayton&Little Architects Thanks! The culvert worked really well for this small back yard. The pool inspector did have to scratch his head a bit, but the owners are very happy with it.
Clayton&Little Architects The pool is 8'x8'. Our clients didn't want a full-size pool, just a place for dip during the hot Austin summers. We accomplished this by commissioning a custom box culvert with pvc drain and pool jet inserts. We set the whole thing in place, plastered, tiled, and viola!