Reverse Architecture

Home Improvement Professionals , Architects & Building Designers , Accessory Dwelling Units , Home Remodeling , Home Additions , Universal Design , Basement Remodeling
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Reverse Architecture
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Belmont Modern Transformation

A modernization, excavation, and creative preservation of a 100-year-old 2-family home outside of Boston. Also known as the FS House
Country: United States
A modernization, excavation, and creative preservation of a 100-year-old 2-family home outside of Boston. Also known as the FS House
Modern Transformation of Century-old Belmont MA House
View into double height space over butcher block counter.
Modern Transformation of Century-old Belmont MA House
Custom soapstone sink, backsplash and integral drainboard. A birch shelf with concealed LED lighting floats above the sink. Marble pastry slab laps over the edge of the sink apron.
Modern Transformation of Century-old Belmont MA House
Kitchen in the owner's unit of a multi-family house renovation in Belmont, Massachusetts. Light filters down from a skylight above the exposed beams of the kitchen. This space above the beams rises up to another skylight at the peak of the roof which can be opened to induce natural airflow...
Modern Transformation of Century-old Belmont MA House
In this renovation of a 100-year-old multifamily home, the upstairs owner's unit becomes an expanded duplex. The existing stair was stripped bare and re-clad in birch. The original studs, which support the roof, were lightly sanded and given a clear finish. The stain of the plaster lathe on the...
Modern Transformation of Century-old Belmont MA House
Original wood beams were exposed above the kitchen. We removed the ceiling and sculpted a new curved plaster surface in the rafter space under the corner of the hipped roof. Multiple skylights allow light to wash across the curved ceiling and filter down to the kitchen through the exposed beams.
Modern Transformation of Century-old Belmont MA House
Detail of the birch screen looking out from the stair. The original worn pine treads were maintained but the risers were re-clad in birch. A new birch-clad column frames one side of the stair screen and creates an opening to the dining room at the foot of the stairs.
Modern Transformation of Century-old Belmont MA House