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This
Victorian townhouse, built around 1870, had been used for a number of years
as office space and had fallen into disrepair. A previous owner also sold
the rear yard to an adjacent property, leaving the house without usable
outdoor space except for a narrow areaway.
The new owners wished to transform the buidling back into a single residence
and desired the existing small rooms to be opened as much as possible and
to have an open loft-like feel.
To accomplish this, all of the interior partitions were removed and the
middle portion of the building was scooped out create a new open courtyard.
This centralized outdoor space focuses views and provides light into all
portions of the reconfigured townhouse. A four-story steel stair was inserted
adjacent to the courtyard to link front and rear rooms split on alternating
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first and second floors include the more public rooms of the house, while
the upper two floors have more private bedrooms and studies. The second
floor living room is reached by a glass and steel bridge that spans across
the first floor breakfast room from the steel stair. The upper portion of
this sequence opens to a roof deck. Two skylights punctuate the steel stair
with natural light at two different levels.
Kass & Associates provided interior design as well as architectural
services for this project. Finishes include integrally stained concrete
floors on the public floors, custom cast concrete sinks in the Master Bathroom,
and Brazilian cherry treads and handrail bolted to the custom fabricated
steel stair.
Projects Credits:
Lighting Consultant: The Lighting Practice
Structural Engineer: Bevan E. Lawson, P.E. |
