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Architects: Intadesign
- Area: 170 m²
- Year: 2014
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Photographs:Gustav Hoiland, Flagship Photo
Text description provided by the architects. Renovation of an 1880 Boston house in the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, one of the first “streetcar suburbs" in the US. The design preserves historical aspects of house, such as exposed wood ceilings, select plaster walls, the slate roof, and wood floors, while adding new elements, including a large open living area and kitchen, library, top floor dormer, bathrooms, vertical addition to side, and decks. The renovation reveals early building elements as it adds a layer of contemporary material assemblies and new ways of using domestic space. The project opens up a typical New England enclosed envelope to increase the relationship of inside and outside, stretching out a new skin that angles at each level to playfully engage with the surroundings.
