This was a complete transformation that incorporated a brick Cape Cod into a stunning modern home. It offers two-family living with a separate dwelling. The retractable glass walls that lead to a central courtyard provide family and entertaining space. Our designer solved many design challenges to meet the program, including working the design around a difficult lot and zoning rules.

IQ Business Media Inc. wishes to expand the programming of their business brand by connecting with their audience in more dynamic ways and further enhance their position as a viable partner to national and international design markets. Bringing diverse stakeholders together to facilitate ongoing dialogue in the areas of design and architecture is a key goal of the organization. Design Solutions: Quality of space and brand delivery provide state-of-the-art technology in all the spaces. Spaces can adapt to support the project and business needs. Onsite staff act as a conduit for culture, community, connecting people, companies, and industries by sharing expertise and developing meaningful relationships. Therefore, the spaces are flexible, easy to reconfigure, and adapt to diverse uses. Software: Revit with Enscape plugin, Photoshop. Designer Credit: www.linkedin.com/in/mahsa-taskini

This was a complete transformation that incorporated a brick Cape Cod into a stunning modern home. It offers two-family living with a separate dwelling. The retractable glass walls that lead to a central courtyard provide family and entertaining space. Our designer solved many design challenges to meet the program, including working the design around a difficult lot and zoning rules.

We developed this innovative solution using a motorized mylar roller shade combined with a motorized cellular shade. With the mylar roller shade down, the views are unobstructed but 99% of the UV is blocked, minimizing heating issues during long summer days. The mylar shade can be retracted to allow full solar heating during the winter. Lowering the cellular honeycomb shade provides optimal insulation on the window, which is further boosted if the mylar shade is also lowered. Best of all, it can be controlled using hand-held remotes, or controlled or programmed for automatic operation, even from halfway around the world using a tablet or mobile phone.

Aqua Pool & Patio is the premier in-ground, gunite swimming pool builder and installer in CT. We provide custom swimming pool design, new pool installation, swimming pool renovations, commercial pool construction and a wide array of pool maintenance programs. We can even create a custom Gunite water features!

Aqua Pool & Patio is the premier in-ground, gunite swimming pool builder and installer in CT. We provide custom swimming pool design, new pool installation, swimming pool renovations, commercial pool construction and a wide array of pool maintenance programs. We can even create a custom Gunite water features!

This was a complete transformation that incorporated a brick Cape Cod into a stunning modern home. It offers two-family living with a separate dwelling. The retractable glass walls that lead to a central courtyard provide family and entertaining space. Our designer solved many design challenges to meet the program, including working the design around a difficult lot and zoning rules.

This was a complete transformation that incorporated a brick Cape Cod into a stunning modern home. It offers two-family living with a separate dwelling. The retractable glass walls that lead to a central courtyard provide family and entertaining space. Our designer solved many design challenges to meet the program, including working the design around a difficult lot and zoning rules.

Aqua Pool & Patio is the premier in-ground, gunite swimming pool builder and installer in CT. We provide custom swimming pool design, new pool installation, swimming pool renovations, commercial pool construction and a wide array of pool maintenance programs. We can even create a custom Gunite water features!

Aqua Pool & Patio is the premier in-ground, gunite swimming pool builder and installer in CT. We provide custom swimming pool design, new pool installation, swimming pool renovations, commercial pool construction and a wide array of pool maintenance programs. We can even create a custom Gunite water features!

This was a complete transformation that incorporated a brick Cape Cod into a stunning modern home. It offers two-family living with a separate dwelling. The retractable glass walls that lead to a central courtyard provide family and entertaining space. Our designer solved many design challenges to meet the program, including working the design around a difficult lot and zoning rules.

Aqua Pool & Patio is the premier in-ground, gunite swimming pool builder and installer in CT. We provide custom swimming pool design, new pool installation, swimming pool renovations, commercial pool construction and a wide array of pool maintenance programs. We can even create a custom Gunite water features!

This was a complete transformation that incorporated a brick Cape Cod into a stunning modern home. It offers two-family living with a separate dwelling. The retractable glass walls that lead to a central courtyard provide family and entertaining space. Our designer solved many design challenges to meet the program, including working the design around a difficult lot and zoning rules.

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

_Client is a film and television exec who wants an engaging sitting area on the recreation and entertainment level of his residence _We create a lush VIP lounge adjacent to his home theater _Reface existing fireplace with four dark 47” x 98” porcelain panels _Bookend fireplace and surround with custom, high-back, channeled, velvet banquettes _Brass inset bands on face of fireplace create the presence of a mantel and mimic the horizontal channels on the banquettes _Modern brass and quartz sconces and a central gold starburst chandelier are all programmed to produce a variety of lighting options and atmospheres _Add gold textured wall covering between the coffers for diffused reflective illumination, which augments our layers of lighting and brings depth to the ceiling _Walls and columns are covered in a metallic faux bois paper product that reacts with dimension when illuminated _Yin/yang cocktail table purposely unites the dark, rich bronze tones with the room's warm, antique brass accents _Two pairs of gold nesting tables provide mobility and options for guests’ drinks and food _Drink tables with a polished brass base & black mirrored top accommodate guests at the banquettes _Lush fabrics and metallic pillows add glamour _Charcoal wool area rug anchors and warms the space _All doors, trim, and coffers are painted in the same dark, iron ore hue to help unify the space. _New VIP lounge offers both function and style for intimate conversations as well as high-profile parties

An aerial view of that side of this architectural asphalt installation in Wilton, CT. We installed CertainTeed underlayment, CertainTeed WinterGuard ice & water shield, CertainTeed ridge vents and 5,000 square feet of CertainTeed Landmark Architectural Asphalt shingles in Pewterwood shade. We also replaced four existing skylights with new Velux "Fresh Air" manual skylights. The 5-star CertainTeed SureStart warranty program provides 50 years of coverage for tear-off, new materials, and installation labor, and disposal - this roof will literally last for generations. And with our craftsmanship and attention to detail in tackling the multiple hips and valleys, it will also be the envy of this neighborhood in terms of aesthetic appeal for that long as well.

Aqua Pool & Patio is the premier in-ground, gunite swimming pool builder and installer in CT. We provide custom swimming pool design, new pool installation, swimming pool renovations, commercial pool construction and a wide array of pool maintenance programs. We can even create a custom Gunite water features!

This was a complete transformation that incorporated a brick Cape Cod into a stunning modern home. It offers two-family living with a separate dwelling. The retractable glass walls that lead to a central courtyard provide family and entertaining space. Our designer solved many design challenges to meet the program, including working the design around a difficult lot and zoning rules.

IQ Business Media Inc. wishes to expand the programming of their business brand by connecting with their audience in more dynamic ways and further enhance their position as a viable partner to national and international design markets. Bringing diverse stakeholders together to facilitate ongoing dialogue in the areas of design and architecture is a key goal of the organization. Design Solutions: Quality of space and brand delivery provide state-of-the-art technology in all the spaces. Spaces can adapt to support the project and business needs. Onsite staff act as a conduit for culture, community, connecting people, companies, and industries by sharing expertise and developing meaningful relationships. Therefore, the spaces are flexible, easy to reconfigure, and adapt to diverse uses. Software: Revit with Enscape plugin, Photoshop. Designer Credit: www.linkedin.com/in/mahsa-taskini