Needing more space for their young and growing family, these clients sought to nearly double the size of their existing 3,000-square-foot home, originally built in 1934, while thoughtfully modernizing it. To achieve this, we worked closely with the City to secure an Architecturally Significant designation, allowing reduced setbacks and enabling a larger addition than would otherwise have been permitted. The result is a finely tailored home that retains functional outdoor space, has multiple terraces and balconies, and houses 9 bedrooms and 2 Master Suites, including a new luxurious Master Suite with a sit-in closet and opulent wet room. While keeping the exterior scale at a height befitting the historic context, we utilized scissor trusses to maximize the interior ceiling heights, and we redirected the structural loads with new steel beams to open up the previously closed-in entry space.
The design carefully echoes the home’s original Mediterranean Revival and Art Deco character, seamlessly blending old and new on the exterior while creating natural transitions throughout the interior. While the architecture respects the historic character of the original residence, the interior was envisioned with a more modern and contemporary aesthetic suited to the clients’ current lifestyle. We collaborated with interior designer Tamara Feldman to bring this vision to life.
Today, visitors frequently ask the homeowners which portions of the house are original and which are part of the addition—a question that for us, is one of the greatest compliments the project could receive.
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