Split Level House / Qb Design

Feb 2010

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Architects: Qb Design
Location: Philadelphia, USA
General Contractor: McCoubrey Overholser, Inc.
Stair Fabrication: Bill Curran Design
Cabinetry: James Van Etten
Green Roof: David Brothers
Structural Engineer: The Kachele Group
Project Area: 279 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

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Sited on a vacant corner in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, this house for a growing family stitches itself into the neighborhood by responding to local cues. Curved brick corners negotiate the irregular street grid, while the cadence of typical rowhouses and a palette of brick volumes and stone bases are translated into a new vocabulary.

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

: © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography

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jASON says:

Beautiful home, glad to see it’s in the U.S., wasn’t expecting Philadelphia when I first saw the picture.

I wish it didn’t look like a Design Within Reach showroom, though. Seriously, is there anything from the catalog they didn’t buy?

# February 3, 2010 at 15:05

jfco. says:

nicely done guys!!

# February 3, 2010 at 15:30

thompouce says:

not much to say: it’s just that I love this realisation !! (didnt watch closely but pictures are so nice !)

# February 3, 2010 at 16:24

Anthony says:

This is an exquisite example of an urban dwelling – especially impressive is the flow and movement within a limited site.

Great work.

# February 3, 2010 at 16:33

Assis Haubert says:

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# February 3, 2010 at 19:07

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# February 3, 2010 at 22:40

Kornelia says:

This is a great project. Respecting the building environment and still with own face.

# February 4, 2010 at 02:42

Sissie says:

lovely~~~

# February 4, 2010 at 06:28

José says:

Veeeery niiiiice…..:-)

# February 4, 2010 at 11:40

blazerd says:

I like that there is a sense of grand entry procession (you know for sure how you enter the home) as well as intimate scale. It is also quite urban in the way it opens up to and participates with the streetscape. but there is still a vertical spatial sequence that brings you to more private realms on the upper floors and roof deck…

and the materials are contextual in just the right innovative ways…I can think of many contemporary japanese homes that I love which suffer from to much inward focus and not enough consideration of contextuality in their material composition. but I wouldn’t have thought of it without seeing this design…great conversation piece.

# February 4, 2010 at 11:41

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