This one-room sunroom addition is connected to both an existing wood deck, as well as the dining room inside. As part of the project, the homeowners replaced the deck flooring material with composite decking, which gave us the opportunity to run that material into the addition as well, giving the room a seamless indoor / outdoor transition. We also designed the space to be surrounded with windows on three sides, as well as glass doors and skylights, flooding the interior with natural light and giving the homeowners the visual connection to the outside which they so desired. The addition, 12'-0" wide x 21'-6" long, has enabled the family to enjoy the outdoors both in the early spring, as well as into the fall, and has become a wonderful gathering space for the family and their guests.

Front Elevation of this whole house renovation with seamless transition to rear addition. Katie Basil Photography
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Exterior night shot of addition and remodel by Meadowlark
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Vertical vinyl siding.
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A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

New one story addition with new eating room, sunroom and stone patio with retaining walls. New siding, trim, roofing, windows and doors throughout.
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This residence was a complete gut renovation of a 4-story row house in Park Slope, and included a new rear extension and penthouse addition. The owners wished to create a warm, family home using a modern language that would act as a clean canvas to feature rich textiles and items from their world travels. As with most Brooklyn row houses, the existing house suffered from a lack of natural light and connection to exterior spaces, an issue that Principal Brendan Coburn is acutely aware of from his experience re-imagining historic structures in the New York area. The resulting architecture is designed around moments featuring natural light and views to the exterior, of both the private garden and the sky, throughout the house, and a stripped-down language of detailing and finishes allows for the concept of the modern-natural to shine. Upon entering the home, the kitchen and dining space draw you in with views beyond through the large glazed opening at the rear of the house. An extension was built to allow for a large sunken living room that provides a family gathering space connected to the kitchen and dining room, but remains distinctly separate, with a strong visual connection to the rear garden. The open sculptural stair tower was designed to function like that of a traditional row house stair, but with a smaller footprint. By extending it up past the original roof level into the new penthouse, the stair becomes an atmospheric shaft for the spaces surrounding the core. All types of weather – sunshine, rain, lightning, can be sensed throughout the home through this unifying vertical environment. The stair space also strives to foster family communication, making open living spaces visible between floors. At the upper-most level, a free-form bench sits suspended over the stair, just by the new roof deck, which provides at-ease entertaining. Oak was used throughout the home as a unifying material element. As one travels upwards within the house, the oak finishes are bleached to further degrees as a nod to how light enters the home. The owners worked with CWB to add their own personality to the project. The meter of a white oak and blackened steel stair screen was designed by the family to read “I love you” in Morse Code, and tile was selected throughout to reference places that hold special significance to the family. To support the owners’ comfort, the architectural design engages passive house technologies to reduce energy use, while increasing air quality within the home – a strategy which aims to respect the environment while providing a refuge from the harsh elements of urban living. This project was published by Wendy Goodman as her Space of the Week, part of New York Magazine’s Design Hunting on The Cut. Photography by Kevin Kunstadt

A rear and vertical addition completely transformed an otherwise non-descript 2-story brick home in the Chevy Chase neighborhood of DC. Kebony wood siding was used to wrap the third-floor addition and drape down over the existing brick, effectively stitching the old and new together. The wood siding lends a warming touch to this modern transformation of a modest almost 100-year-old home. Kebony was also used as a horizontal fin detail that defines the screened porch while complimenting the renovated home.

Front of the house James Hardie Cobblestone Siding and Real Cedar Shake Siding (Staggered Edge)
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Klopf Architecture, Arterra Landscape Architects and Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Designed and built a new warm, modern, Eichler-inspired, open, indoor-outdoor home on a deeper-than-usual San Mateo Highlands property where an original Eichler house had burned to the ground. The owners wanted multi-generational living and larger spaces than the original home offered, but all parties agreed that the house should respect the neighborhood and blend in stylistically with the other Eichlers. At first the Klopf team considered re-using what little was left of the original home and expanding on it. But after discussions with the owner and builder, all parties agreed that the last few remaining elements of the house were not practical to re-use, so Klopf Architecture designed a new home that pushes the Eichler approach in new directions. One disadvantage of Eichler production homes is that the house designs were not optimized for each specific lot. A new custom home offered the team a chance to start over. In this case, a longer house that opens up sideways to the south fit the lot better than the original square-ish house that used to open to the rear (west). Accordingly, the Klopf team designed an L-shaped “bar” house with a large glass wall with large sliding glass doors that faces sideways instead of to the rear like a typical Eichler. This glass wall opens to a pool and landscaped yard designed by Arterra Landscape Architects. Driving by the house, one might assume at first glance it is an Eichler because of the horizontality, the overhanging flat roof eaves, the dark gray vertical siding, and orange solid panel front door, but the house is designed for the 21st Century and is not meant to be a “Likeler.” You won't see any posts and beams in this home. Instead, the ceiling decking is a western red cedar that covers over all the beams. Like Eichlers, this cedar runs continuously from inside to out, enhancing the indoor / outdoor feeling of the house, but unlike Eichlers it conceals a cavity for lighting, wiring, and insulation. Ceilings are higher, rooms are larger and more open, the master bathroom is light-filled and more generous, with a separate tub and shower and a separate toilet compartment, and there is plenty of storage. The garage even easily fits two of today's vehicles with room to spare. A massive 49-foot by 12-foot wall of glass and the continuity of materials from inside to outside enhance the inside-outside living concept, so the owners and their guests can flow freely from house to pool deck to BBQ to pool and back. During construction in the rough framing stage, Klopf thought the front of the house appeared too tall even though the house had looked right in the design renderings (probably because the house is uphill from the street). So Klopf Architecture paid the framer to change the roofline from how we had designed it to be lower along the front, allowing the home to blend in better with the neighborhood. One project goal was for people driving up the street to pass the home without immediately noticing there is an "imposter" on this lot, and making that change was essential to achieve that goal. This 2,606 square foot, 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom Eichler-inspired new house is located in San Mateo in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, Klara Kevane Landscape Architect: Arterra Landscape Architects Contractor: Henry Calvert of Calvert Ventures Photography ©2016 Mariko Reed Location: San Mateo, CA Year completed: 2016

Mark Hoyle Originally, this 3700 SF two level eclectic farmhouse from the mid 1980’s underwent design changes to reflect a more colonial style. Now, after being completely renovated with additional 2800 SF living space, it’s combined total of 6500 SF boasts an Energy Star certification of 5 stars. Approaching this completed home, you will meander along a new driveway through the dense buffer of trees until you reach the clearing, and then circle a tiered fountain on axis with the front entry accentuating the symmetrical main structure. Many of the exterior changes included enclosing the front porch and rear screened porch, replacing windows, replacing all the vinyl siding with and fiber cement siding, creating a new front stoop with winding brick stairs and wrought iron railings as will as other additions to the left and rear of the home. The existing interior was completely fro the studs and included modifying uses of many of the existing rooms such as converting the original dining room into an oval shaped theater with reclining theater seats, fiber-optic starlight ceiling and an 80” television with built-in surround sound. The laundry room increased in size by taking in the porch and received all new cabinets and finishes. The screened porch across the back of the house was enclosed to create a new dining room, enlarged the kitchen, all of which allows for a commanding view of the beautifully landscaped pool. The upper master suite begins by entering a private office then leads to a newly vaulted bedroom, a new master bathroom with natural light and an enlarged closet. The major portion of the addition space was added to the left side as a part time home for the owner’s brother. This new addition boasts an open plan living, dining and kitchen, a master suite with a luxurious bathroom and walk–in closet, a guest suite, a garage and its own private gated brick courtyard entry and direct access to the well appointed pool patio. And finally the last part of the project is the sunroom and new lagoon style pool. Tucked tightly against the rear of the home. This room was created to feel like a gazebo including a metal roof and stained wood ceiling, the foundation of this room was constructed with the pool to insure the look as if it is floating on the water. The pool’s negative edge opposite side allows open views of the trees beyond. There is a natural stone waterfall on one side of the pool and a shallow area on the opposite side for lounge chairs to be placed in it along with a hot tub that spills into the pool. The coping completes the pool’s natural shape and continues to the patio utilizing the same stone but separated by Zoysia grass keeping the natural theme. The finishing touches to this backyard oasis is completed utilizing large boulders, Tempest Torches, architectural lighting and abundant variety of landscaping complete the oasis for all to enjoy.