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Brookhaven & Chamblee
Here are a few renovations, a new house, and a mixed use development we have recently completed in the popular Brookhaven community.
East Brookhaven Drive Residence
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This 80-year old English cottage in Brookhaven, a historic neighborhood in Atlanta, has plenty going for it: a 1.4 acre lot; in-town proximity-and loads of charm. Located in the first golf course community developed in the Southeast, the home’s qualities and potential were apparent to architect and homeowners. Opportunities, yes, but also constraints: namely, a flat-roofed addition detracted from the home’s character. The design-build team corrected the roof, while also adding a conservatory, two-cook kitchen, butler’s pantry, master suite and elevator, with period details throughout. While square footage doubled, the footprint remains intact, with minimal change to the street-front view. The goals of this large-scale renovation were to preserve and extend the appeal of the original structure and surrounds, and create living space to meet today’s needs. This 1920s cottage retains its charm, optimizes views and light, and provides the comforts and custom accommodations for 21st century living.
East Club Lane Residence
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A Southern Colonial themed home created with a unique thought process. Building on a 2-lot site overlooking the Brookhaven Country Club golf course, our clients wished foremost to capture a bit of their native Louisiana. What would unfold over a year-long planning process was a home that projected the timeless authenticity of deep south architecture yet would incorporate in the most unobtrusive way the most up-to-the-minute sustainable building technology. The key to the former was the writing of “the Story of the House.” — In the past centuries, rural homes of southern America, from modest structures to grand mansions were often designed not by an a trained architect, but by a master builder who relied on architectural style guides, showing the practical application of the Orders of the Classical Period and other useful geometry and detailing. The eventual prevalence of these structures formed our national subconscious for architectural good-taste and the effects are still felt today when we react positively to homes with good proportions, symmetry, and elegant simplicity. So to create a home with a sense of historic permanence we retraced the imagined steps of a simple plantation house, built in what was “then” rural Georgia in the early-to-mid 19th century: added onto in logical ways by a growing family and inheritance, and modernized right up into the 20th century with the conversion of the now-attached stable to embrace the automobile. The effectiveness of this method is proved at every turn: one experiences the symmetrical formality of the front house which gradually relaxes, passing through a brick-lined kitchen which at one time may have been detached for very practical purposes, finally arriving full circle at a colonial-themed three-season screened porch inspired by the rebirth of Williamsburg in the 1930′s. Porches were added and expanded, formerly exterior brick paving and clapboard walls became enclosed by window-lined connectors: each space has a chapter to tell in the Story.
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Preliminary sketches for the new home.
Chamblee Residence
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A significant remodeling transformed a post-war bungalow into a unique Prairie-themed heirloom home. The modest clapboard house had an excellent solid granite foundation and rear walkout basement, which were incorporated into the new design. The footprint was expanded forward and up and completely repartitioned in accordance with the new style: the new foyer, living, dining and kitchen spaces are contiguous with an integrated running trim detail and use wood-lined tray ceilings to delineate the center of each “room”. :: Using “Not So Big House” ideals at every opportunity for a family with a lot of activities and a lot of storage needs, each space has special double-duty areas.
3400 Malone Drive / Ecolofts
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This Mixed-Use project is a certified Earth Craft building located in the Mid-City district of Chamblee, GA. The building is composed of street level retail with residences above, and is located within walking distance to the Marta rail line. A concrete and metal stud constructed building, 3400 was designed to have the feel of a contemporary loft in the city.
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