Home Design Interior

The Ansley Glass House is located in an historic downtown neighborhood, with a mature tree canopy and direct views to the immediate city skyline. The project replaces a series of additions to a 1910-era house with a new glass-lined living space including a garage, kitchen, family room, library, and a new stair linking three levels. The structure is capped with an occupiable roof deck surrounded by glass guardrails and clerestories, offering diagonal sightlines up to the midtown skyscrapers beyond and into the living spaces below.

The clients expressed a strong desire to have their domestic spaces perceptually lodged in the out-of-doors, and to have the visceral presence of the city skyline both night and day. The interior spaces are arranged as a series of split-levels, each spiraling around a new central stair. The stair, with no visible stringers, is suspended from adjacent and overhead structure, and uppermost rooms are cantilevered and suspended over lower ones. This spatial arrangement is in stark contrast to the historic front half of the residence, creating a dialogue of space types. The use of glass curtain-walls as a cladding material establishes a permeable boundary between the house and its immediate context, provides for light and views, and materially engages the glass skyscrapers visible on the immediate horizon. This combination—offset and cantilevered interior spaces viewable through a transparent exterior cladding—proposes a residential experience which is both spatially and visually suspended within the very close context

design/built team at Dwell Development designed this eco urban home in the Beacon Hill ‘hood of Seattle, Washington. As one of four freestanding single-family homes here, this gorgeous urban house plan boasts a contemporary layout brimming with high-end features and luxurious finishes. A striking, modern exterior design is complemented by urban-chic interiors with stylish Australian Cypress flooring, designer tiles by Ann Sacks featuring 30 per cent recycled content and sleek glass-front kitchen appliances. Add to this a high level of eco-appeal – this 1,600-sq.-ft., three-storey sustainable architectural design is Built Green 5-Star Certified (two of the four homes feature 800 watt solar arrays, while the remaining two are pre-wired for solar power) – and these eco house designs are both fashion- and eco-conscious. Topping off this elegant, sustainable house is a 500-sq.-ft. patio with a roof top loft

By MotionSpace Architecture

The exterior of this mid-century Mercer Island residence had been completely updated with new Parklex® siding, new windows and doors, and a fresh paint scheme.

The owners also wanted to better define the entry of the home. A new steel canopy was designed to contrast with the natural wood siding of the home. The canopy is constructed of steel C-channels which are warped to give the canopy a more sculptural feel. Steel decking on the underside of the roof adds to the industrial appearance of the sculptural canopy design and reflects light in various ways during the day and at night. The canopy appears to be supported by a single steel column which pierces the stone paving.