Split Level House / Qb Design
© Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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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© Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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- © Todd Mason / Barry Halkin Photography
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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?
nicely done guys!!
not much to say: it’s just that I love this realisation !! (didnt watch closely but pictures are so nice !)
This is an exquisite example of an urban dwelling – especially impressive is the flow and movement within a limited site.
Great work.
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This is a great project. Respecting the building environment and still with own face.
lovely~~~
Veeeery niiiiice…..:-)
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.
This comes from less of a designer perspective, but I think the house just looks fun. Well done.
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RT @nicholaspatten: I'd Live Here: Split Level House. http://bit.ly/duacHM
Adolf Loos would be very happy to see this! Nice project!
@Milan: interesting, Loos came to my mind too when I saw this.
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Dream house of the day: Good use of a tight urban space – http://bit.ly/8YHSwk
Dream house of the day: Good use of a tight urban space – http://bit.ly/8YHSwk
Great work. I’m speechless!
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where is the kitchen?
All I can say is- “The house that too FOREVER to build.” Nice to finally see a finished product and not that yellow.
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