Gray/Gaulliard Residence

by Kipnis Architecture + Planning

• Received Illinois Historic Preservation Certificate of Rehabilitation

The most notable pre-existing feature of this listed historic home were the five unique vintage stained glass windows found throughout the space. The new sunroom addition features a series of geometric color tinted windows, which form a modern interpretation of stained glass. The sun filters into the two-story sunroom, heating the dark slate flooring set atop a hollowed out concrete slab. In the winter, the return air vents, located within the floor, draw conditioned air through the slab that in turn thermally charges the sunroom floor. Excess hot air that rises up to the top of the two-story space is directed back down to the furnace, preheating the system. During the summer, overhangs formed by a projected gable end and a trellis block direct sunlight from entering the sunspace.

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