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Grand Cayman Villa
Grand Cayman Villa
The clients, a professional couple with young children, required a family home on a spectacular bluff overlooking the Caribbean Sea. The brief called simply for a spacious modern design house which would take advantage of its location and could be easily maintained. The hyper-exposed nature of the site demanded that the house should resist potentially damaging hurricane winds and storm surges. It does this primarily through its architecturally distinct features: a flat roof with bowed undersides to reduce uplift and a protective curved wall to disperse wind gusts directly off the sea. The building is also raised off the site, preserving the existing ironshore rock and its natural drainage features. With its anthropomorphic form and black-and-white palette, the house calls to mind a stingray in motion, an iconic symbol of the Cayman Islands.
100 Acre House
100 Acre House
Three principal requests from the clients – proprietors of the adjacent farm and bed-and-breakfast inn- resulted in the form of 100 Acre House: To be respectful of its protected woodland and lake setting, to incorporate a greenhouse for cultivating tropical plants, and to provide a lap pool for frequent exercise by the couple, one of whom is afflicted with limited mobility. The house functions as a kind of horizontal cabin, a utilitarian arrangement of internal and external spaces which contemplate views of the property in three directions.
Its long, narrow east-to-west configuration maximizes solar exposure and cross-ventilation while keeping the disturbance of mature trees to a minimum.
On one end it perches over a ravine teeming with forest sounds and colors. Simply clad in fiber-cement paneling and floor-to-ceiling windows and rendered in grays, white, ochre and burnt orange, the house harmonizes with the foliage. A low-pitched overhanging roof ties the elements below together and supports a photovoltaic array which provides all of the building’s energy needs.
Northside Villa
Northside Villa
A once- stately mansion in a prominent Atlanta residential neighborhood required an extensive renovation to modernize its features and achieve an open spatial flow vertically and from interior to exterior. The basic façade dimensions were maintained, but with the stripping and replacement of finishes, doors and windows, alteration of the roofline, and the addition of new entry sequences both front and rear, an entirely new aspect now announces the home’s presence on the street.
Georgetown Residence
Georgetown Residence
A 1980’s style Cayman ranch house, nondescript except for an existing stone patio tucked in at the rear of the property, is the setting for this modern renovation and addition. The client, a South African expat, wanted to create a home which would grace its lush, upscale neighborhood, yet remind him of his native land. The stone worked perfectly as a metaphor as it is common to both vernaculars, expresses a connection to the earth and is indicative of a thriving local craft.
The front, rear and sides of the house are linked by a new carport, trellised entry pavilion and an outdoor kitchen and wine cellar using local limestone as the main material. Internally, the floor plan is opened up to create a contiguous living/ dining/ entertaining space in mid-century modern fashion. The floors and walls are done in bold colors and textures as a backdrop to the owner’s collection of African and Caribbean art.
In a sense the gestures of modern architecture speaks to a particularly Caribbean tableaux of contrasts, but more importantly it blurs the distinction between old and new such that the addition might seem to have always been there.
Vinings Remodel
Vinings Remodel
This modern basement renovation comprises various dedicated yet linked spaces: An architect’s home office and adjoining bathroom; a media/entertainment room with a bar, and an activity room featuring a ping-pong table.
Striking color selections designate each. In the studio, white walls, ceiling and floor spark creativity, while pale grey walls and dark brown and black surfaces provide a backdrop for entertainment and recreation. All are oriented toward the open wall of the basement to let natural light and garden views in. The stairwell connecting to the main floor is treated as a gallery, with cobalt blue walls to set off a display of architectural travel drawings and photos.
