Renovation 1662 – AIA

The owners of this historic
rowhome in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown community ordered it so they could
get pleasure from an city, walkable neighborhood nearer to their location of work. A
extensive renovation has remodeled the house into a modern, gentle-crammed, and
open dwelling. Visually unchanged at the street, the residence even now respects the
context of the community.

“A around-great relationship of
heritage and contemporary, city residing.” – Jury remark

In the first dwelling,
compartmentalized spaces were being disconnected from a deep rear garden, and the basement
kitchen area was a complete floor below the principal residing place. The renovation is
created atop the authentic shell and infrastructure, all additional than a century aged,
and retains the original massing, fenestrations, and historical characteristics.

Downsizing from their prior
house in the suburbs, the shoppers had been wholly invested in dwelling in a scaled-down
home that emphasized the excellent of area over the amount. Regardless of
rather little footprints, the home’s new spatial arrangement performs in
live performance with superior ceilings and significant expanses of glass to make just about every room truly feel
substantially a lot more generous.

“A near-ideal marriage of
heritage and modern, urban living,” famous the jury. “This design
thoughtfully interprets a compact and crowded historic home into a roomy,
gentle-filled home with stunning celebrations of its background and foundations
in just about archeological ways.”

“This structure
thoughtfully translates a compact and crowded historic household into a roomy,
mild-stuffed residence with shocking celebrations of its historical past and foundations
in pretty much archeological approaches.” – Jury remark

Within, a new open
staircase topped with a skylight enables light-weight to flood the spaces, which includes
the basement. On the key amount, the staff taken out partitions to better connect it to
a contemporary addition that stretches into the backyard. Earlier mentioned, on the second ground,
rooms are opened to the sloping roofline to deliver a better sense of place. A
grasp bedroom with an abundance of glazing sits on the addition’s 2nd
flooring. Danish Douglas fir flooring and abundant cabinetry foster a heat and minimal
aesthetic in the course of all of the areas.

This project’s timeline was
substantially impacted by the several reviews and procedures essential when
doing work in one particular of Washington’s historic neighborhoods. However, the additional time
allowed for watchful inspection of all style and design implications, resulting in a
more quickly building period of time.