Governor's Club Residence, Brentwood, Tennessee

I was invited over to a house that I designed several years ago in a golf club development called The Governor's Club. The new owners were very gracious to let me tour, re-aquaint myself with the plan, and take a few photographs. This was a very difficult hillside lot on a pie-shaped lot at the end of a cul-de-sac. I remember the review architect at the development saying that he thought the layout was among the most site-sensitive that he had seen- later, the same person referred to another design that I did as a "sow's ear" or something like that! One of my favorite rooms is a "music/reading" room that has a wavy wall and an inglenook fireplace. Anyway, here are a few photos. By the way, the contractor was Will Forte and he did a great job and was great to work with as well. This is his website: http://fortebuilding.com/

Atlanta House- Finished Product!

Here are the exterior pictures of the Atlanta House as a finished product! This house has two program items which lend themselves to the purer architectural form: the Owner's Suite is on the upper level (which helps to make the square footage similar from main level to upper level) and the Garage is detached (which takes a bulky program item and separates it from the house, giving it a 'carriage house' feel). All too often, the Owner's Suite is required on the main level, and the huge bulk of a garage is required to be attached, often to one side, giving a traditional house 'wings' that tend to overwhelm the massing and proportions. Add the often required "Bonus Room" above the garage, and you have an even bigger, bulkier mass to try to incorporate into the whole- often creating a proportional mess.

       Thankfully, we didn't have to deal with those typical program items with this house, and I believe that allowed us to come closer to the look of the historical precedents for this home. Thank you to a great client, and a skilled contractor- Matthew Morris of the M. T. Morris Construction Company!

Jocelyn Hollow House, Nashville, Tennessee

Here are a few phone pics of our house nearing completion in the Westmeade area of Nashville, Tennessee. Project is being built by Castle Homes, and is a variation on our Southern Living Show House that can be seen here: http://www.bcadnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/last-fall-burke-coffey-architecture.html

Stay tuned to see final pictures!

My Top 9 of 2012

Here's some of my favorite music from 2012. I'm a dinosaur in that I still listen to entire 'albums', so if it's not solid front-to-back, I probably won't listen to it very much. Overall, I thought it was a pretty thin year in music- but here's my Top 9. Cheers! H.N.Y.!

Beach House: Bloom
Dwight Yoakam: 3 Pears
Jack White: Blunderbuss
Japandroids: Celebration Rock
Hot Chip: In Our Heads
Tame Impala: Lonerism
Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
Grizzly Bear: Shields
Flying Lotus: Until the Quiet Comes

New House in West Meade Area, Nashville, Tennessee

This house that we designed in the West Meade area in Nashville, Tennessee is nearing completion. The client requested a house with very clean lines and a traditional feel- sort of an updated farmhouse design. Interior spaces are as open as possible given a somewhat compartmentalized program that required a certain amount of separation for special needs children, whose bedrooms surround an open playroom and are near a bedroom for live-in childcare assistance. The main level also consists of an open Living Room/Dining Room space, a Kitchen, a Study/Office, an Owner's Suite, and a Two Car Garage. The Upper Level includes a Bedroom, a Study/Television Space and an Apartment Suite. House was built by Castle Homes- you can check out their website here: http://www.castlehomes.com/
                                                                              
Here are some photos snapped without consideration of sun angles- hopefully we will have updated photos and some interior shots at a later date!

Atlanta House...Complete.....almost!

"Finished" product in top photo, before photo of the lot and the house we took down, and an early preliminary of the house and site. We should have more photos soon!