PROJECT Midcentury Modern Addition
LOCATION Chevy Chase, Maryland, US
PROJECT COMPLETION DATE 10/28/2016
ARCHITECT Caswell Daitch Architects
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT
OWNER/CLIENT
CONTRACTOR / CONSTRUCTION MANAGER Gustom Works / Tom Gebala
PHOTOGRAPHER Julia Caswell Daitch; Wadiah Akbar
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN TEAM Julia Caswell Daitch, AIA; Peter Cunningham; Wadiah Akbar
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
This was a front addition to an existing midcentury modern house. Our intention was to make our project look seamless with the original house given the significant constraints posed by the zoning code for the property. The house was on a corner lot with 30 deep foot building setbacks on both fronts. The owner wanted a sitting room off of the kitchen in the front, a home office and to update the look of their front elevation. What added to the difficulty was that on the right side (as you are looking at the front elevation) the road was at an angle to the house thereby severely limiting the kitchen addition to a small awkward pie shaped room. By researching the zoning code we discovered that you could encroach 3 feet into the front setback with an up to ten foot wide bay window. Adding that alcove added just enough square footage to make the project desirable for the owners. We also found that you could encroach up to 9 feet into the setback with our overhang, which would allow us to continue the deep overhangs consistent with the midcentury modern look.
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IMAGE CAPTIONS & CREDITS
IMAGE 1 Midcentury Modern Addition, Front Entry, Julia Caswell Daitch
IMAGE 2 View from Downhill, Julia Caswell Daitch
IMAGE 3 Sitting Room, Sitting Room view from the Kitchen, Julia Caswell Daitch
IMAGE 4 Midcentury Modern Additional Image, Front Facade, Julia Caswell Daitch
IMAGE 5 Midcentury Modern Addition Additional Image 2, Home Office, Julia Caswell Daitch
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Midcentury Modern Addition
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