Private Residence on Gibson Island: In Process
This 104-year-old house designed by Palmer Lamdin Architects, incorporates their trademark design elements: turrets, square towers, pyramidal roofs, great rooms, brick corbeling, concrete lintels and a combination of stone and brick. There is a harmonious balance between the symmetrical and the asymmetrical that characterizes their work.
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Our approach to this project was to maintain the integrity and character of the original style while upgrading the livability of the house and catering to the more contemporary aesthetic of the client.
Although the house appears deceptively large, due in part to the size of the Great Room, the living quarters are relatively small. To address this issue we planned an Annex on the North side, which would mirror the architecture of the South side, thereby creating a symmetry to balance the asymmetry of the existing part of the house. A glazed-in Breezeway between the existing house and the Annex functions as a device to join the old with the new.
The idea was not to duplicate existing materials and finishes because it would be impossible, but to take the same vocabulary and palette of materials and reconstitute it, so that the new addition synchronizes with and complements the original building, maintaining its charm and style. Materials include brick, stone, concrete, wood steel, glass and a "living' clay roof.
