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Wide open kitchen, dining great room with beautiful views of the Livermore Valley wine region in the San Francisco Bay Area. This space was originally a small galley kitchen closed off from the family room. After adding an extra-long, custom engineered beam, we were able to open the space, turn an extra coat closet into a corner pantry and completely change the flow of this home making the kitchen the "Heart" of this home and a great gather place. Everything has its place. Extra countertop appliances are hidden in the tall metal roll up pantry with outlets inside including a coffee bar on the lower shelf ready for entertaining. Stemware is conveniently tucked away behind the glass doors on the island near the dining table and a raised bar keeps guest at a safe distance from the cooking pots and pans and also hides a bit of the mess when cooking. The furniture style island has a table end near the pantry and provides a convenient place to drop farmers market finds and fruits/vegetable in open baskets near the pantry and prep areas. (Photo credit; Kitchens of Diablo)

Wide open kitchen, dining great room with beautiful views of the Livermore Valley wine region in the San Francisco Bay Area. This space was originally a small galley kitchen closed off from the family room. After adding an extra-long, custom engineered beam, we were able to open the space, turn an extra coat closet into a corner pantry and completely change the flow of this home making the kitchen the "Heart" of this home and a great gather place. Everything has its place. Extra countertop appliances are hidden in the tall metal roll up pantry with outlets inside including a coffee bar on the lower shelf ready for entertaining. Stemware is conveniently tucked away behind the glass doors on the island near the dining table and a raised bar keeps guest at a safe distance from the cooking pots and pans and also hides a bit of the mess when cooking. The furniture style island has a table end near the pantry and provides a convenient place to drop farmers market finds and fruits/vegetable in open baskets near the pantry and prep areas. (Photo credit; Kitchens of Diablo)

Wide open kitchen, dining great room with beautiful views of the Livermore Valley wine region in the San Francisco Bay Area. This space was originally a small galley kitchen closed off from the family room. After adding an extra-long, custom engineered beam, we were able to open the space, turn an extra coat closet into a corner pantry and completely change the flow of this home making the kitchen the "Heart" of this home and a great gather place. Everything has its place. Extra countertop appliances are hidden in the tall metal roll up pantry with outlets inside including a coffee bar on the lower shelf ready for entertaining. Stemware is conveniently tucked away behind the glass doors on the island near the dining table and a raised bar keeps guest at a safe distance from the cooking pots and pans and also hides a bit of the mess when cooking. The furniture style island has a table end near the pantry and provides a convenient place to drop farmers market finds and fruits/vegetable in open baskets near the pantry and prep areas. (Photo credit; Kitchens of Diablo)

Wide open kitchen, dining great room with beautiful views of the Livermore Valley wine region in the San Francisco Bay Area. This space was originally a small galley kitchen closed off from the family room. After adding an extra-long, custom engineered beam, we were able to open the space, turn an extra coat closet into a corner pantry and completely change the flow of this home making the kitchen the "Heart" of this home and a great gather place. Everything has its place. Extra countertop appliances are hidden in the tall metal roll up pantry with outlets inside including a coffee bar on the lower shelf ready for entertaining. Stemware is conveniently tucked away behind the glass doors on the island near the dining table and a raised bar keeps guest at a safe distance from the cooking pots and pans and also hides a bit of the mess when cooking. The furniture style island has a table end near the pantry and provides a convenient place to drop farmers market finds and fruits/vegetable in open baskets near the pantry and prep areas. (Photo credit; Kitchens of Diablo)

This is a view of the living and dining room area.
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Wide open kitchen, dining great room with beautiful views of the Livermore Valley wine region in the San Francisco Bay Area. This space was originally a small galley kitchen closed off from the family room. After adding an extra-long, custom engineered beam, we were able to open the space, turn an extra coat closet into a corner pantry and completely change the flow of this home making the kitchen the "Heart" of this home and a great gather place. Everything has its place. Extra countertop appliances are hidden in the tall metal roll up pantry with outlets inside including a coffee bar on the lower shelf ready for entertaining. Stemware is conveniently tucked away behind the glass doors on the island near the dining table and a raised bar keeps guest at a safe distance from the cooking pots and pans and also hides a bit of the mess when cooking. The furniture style island has a table end near the pantry and provides a convenient place to drop farmers market finds and fruits/vegetable in open baskets near the pantry and prep areas. (Photo credit; Kitchens of Diablo)

Wide open kitchen, dining great room with beautiful views of the Livermore Valley wine region in the San Francisco Bay Area. This space was originally a small galley kitchen closed off from the family room. After adding an extra-long, custom engineered beam, we were able to open the space, turn an extra coat closet into a corner pantry and completely change the flow of this home making the kitchen the "Heart" of this home and a great gather place. Everything has its place. Extra countertop appliances are hidden in the tall metal roll up pantry with outlets inside including a coffee bar on the lower shelf ready for entertaining. Stemware is conveniently tucked away behind the glass doors on the island near the dining table and a raised bar keeps guest at a safe distance from the cooking pots and pans and also hides a bit of the mess when cooking. The furniture style island has a table end near the pantry and provides a convenient place to drop farmers market finds and fruits/vegetable in open baskets near the pantry and prep areas. (Photo credit; Kitchens of Diablo)

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This LEED Platinum certified house reflects the homeowner's desire for an exceptionally healthy and comfortable living environment, within a traditional neighborhood. INFILL SITE. The family, who moved from another area of Wellesley, sought out this property to be within walking distance of the high school and downtown area. An existing structure on the tight lot was removed to make way for the new home. 84% of the construction waste, from both the previous structure and the new home, was diverted from a landfill. ZED designed to preserve the existing mature trees on the perimeter of the property to minimize site impacts, and to maintain the character of the neighborhood as well as privacy on the site. EXTERIOR EXPRESSION. The street facade of the home relates to the local New England vernacular. The rear uses contemporary language, a nod to the family’s Californian roots, to incorporate a roof deck, solar panels, outdoor living space, and the backyard swimming pool. ZED’s careful planning avoided to the need to face the garage doors towards the street, a common syndrome of a narrow lot. THOUGHTFUL SPACE. Homes with dual entries can often result in duplicate and unused spaces. In this home, the everyday and formal entry areas are one and the same; the front and garage doors share the entry program of coat closets, mudroom storage with bench for removing your shoes, and a laundry room with generous closets for the children's sporting equipment. The entry area leads directly to the living space, encompassing the kitchen, dining and sitting area areas in an L-shaped open plan arrangement. The kitchen is placed at the south-west corner of the space to allow for a strong connection to the dining, sitting and outdoor living spaces. A fire pit on the deck satisfies the family’s desire for an open flame while a sealed gas fireplace is used indoors - ZED’s preference after omitting gas burning appliances completely from an airtight home. A small study, with a window seat, is conveniently located just off of the living space. A first floor guest bedroom includes an accessible bathroom for aging visitors and can be used as a master suite to accommodate aging in place. HEALTHY LIVING. The client requested a home that was easy to clean and would provide a respite from seasonal allergies and common contaminants that are found in many indoor spaces. ZED selected easy to clean solid surface flooring throughout, provided ample space for cleaning supplies on each floor, and designed a mechanical system with ventilation that provides a constant supply of fresh outdoor air. ZED selected durable materials, finishes, cabinetry, and casework with low or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and no added urea formaldehyde. YEAR-ROUND COMFORT. The home is super insulated and air-tight, paired with high performance triple-paned windows, to ensure it is draft-free throughout the winter (even when in front of the large windows and doors). ZED designed a right-sized heating and cooling system to pair with the thermally improved building enclosure to ensure year-round comfort. The glazing on the home maximizes passive solar gains, and facilitates cross ventilation and daylighting. ENERGY EFFICIENT. As one of the most energy efficient houses built to date in Wellesley, the home highlights a practical solution for Massachusetts. First, the building enclosure reduces the largest energy requirement for typical houses (heating). Super-insulation, exceptional air sealing, a thermally broken wall assembly, triple pane windows, and passive solar gain combine for a sizable heating load reduction. Second, within the house only efficient systems consume energy. These include an air source heat pump for heating & cooling, a heat pump hot water heater, LED lighting, energy recovery ventilation, and high efficiency appliances. Lastly, photovoltaics provide renewable energy help offset energy consumption. The result is an 89% reduction in energy use compared to a similar brand new home built to code requirements. RESILIENT. The home will fare well in extreme weather events. During a winter power outage, heat loss will be very slow due to the super-insulated and airtight envelope– taking multiple days to drop to 60 degrees even with no heat source. An engineered drainage system, paired with careful the detailing of the foundation, will help to keep the finished basement dry. A generator will provide full operation of the all-electric house during a power outage. OVERALL. The home is a reflection of the family goals and an expression of their values, beautifully enabling health, comfort, safety, resilience, and utility, all while respecting the planet. ZED - Architect & Mechanical Designer Bevilacqua Builders Inc - Contractor Creative Land & Water Engineering - Civil Engineering Barbara Peterson Landscape - Landscape Design Nest & Company - Interior Furnishings Eric Roth Photography - Photography

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Design: Poul Henningsen Concept: The fixture is 100% glare-free, with a design based on the principle of a reflective three-shade system, which directs most of the light downwards. The shades are made of deepdrawn aluminium with white inner surface that ensures gentle, downward light distribution. The downward light is both soft and pleasant. Finish: Red, green, yellow and white, powder coated Material: Shade: deep drawn aluminum, suspension: silk mat brown, copper. Mounting: Canopy: White. Cord type: 3-conductor, 18 AWG white PVC power cord. Cord length: 9.8’. Weight: Max. 2.9 lbs. Label: cULus, Dry location. IBEW.

This project hits very close to home for us. Not your typical office space, we re-purposed a 19th century carriage barn into our office and workshop. With no heat, minimum electricity and few windows (most of which were broken), a priority for CEO and Designer Jason Hoffman was to create a space that honors its historic architecture, era and purpose but still offers elements of understated sophistication. The building is nearly 140 years old, built before many of the trees towering around it had begun growing. It was originally built as a simple, Victorian carriage barn, used to store the family’s horse and buggy. Later, it housed 2,000 chickens when the Owners worked the property as their farm. Then, for many years, it was storage space. Today, it couples as a workshop for our carpentry team, building custom projects and storing equipment, as well as an office loft space ready to welcome clients, visitors and trade partners. We added a small addition onto the existing barn to offer a separate entry way for the office. New stairs and an entrance to the workshop provides for a small, yet inviting foyer space. From the beginning, even is it’s dark state, Jason loved the ambiance of the old hay loft with its unfinished, darker toned timbers. He knew he wanted to find a way to refinish the space with a focus on those timbers, evident in the statement they make when walking up the stairs. On the exterior, the building received new siding, a new roof and even a new foundation which is a story for another post. Inside, we added skylights, larger windows and a French door, with a small balcony. Along with heat, electricity, WiFi and office furniture, we’re ready for visitors!