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Arts & Crafts Residence

TYPE

Custom Home Addition & Renovation

LOCATION

Cincinnati, Ohio

COMPLETED

1991

A successful architecture should strive for the interaction of ideals, values and space; not merely replication of type and style. While there is an obvious debt to the Arts and Crafts movement in this house, it is less a grafting of details and more accurately an extension of a philosophy. The craft of cabinetmaking and woodworking is extended into the modern dictum calling for an economy of form. That form is illuminated here with a rich palette of local materials including cherry, poplar, oak, glacial round stone, granite, slate and – most importantly – light.

The resulting L-shaped plan serves to enfold the landscape and to define three separate yard spaces each with a distinct character. Inside, the home embraces the dwellers in a cozy yet open plan. Overall, this home is not revealing a truth about traditional forms or styles, but about joining the craft of making with the more casual order of a contemporary lifestyle.

Photography: Seth Evan Boyd

Awards & Publications

  • Grand Award Renovation, 1996 Custom Home Magazine Custom Home Design Awards

  • Merit Award, 1996 Builder Magazine Builders Choice Awards

  • Regional Award Winner, 1995-1996 Sub-Zero/Wolf Kitchen Design Contest

  • Residential Architect, October 2001

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