Update: A Low Key House Addition in Franklin Tennessee

We just found out that this project was given a 2010 Preservation Award from the Franklin / Williamson County Tennessee Heritage Foundation!












Here are some views of a Franklin Tennessee remodel / addition to a '70's ranch style house- before and after. The project included a re-built front porch with a new pediment front, a new master bedroom addition and a new screened porch addition. The existing speckled brick was painted and new operable shutters were added as well. The master and screened porch additions are shown below with their colorful overhangs and rafter tail detail. Bill Powell was the contractor, and as usual, he did a fantastic job.








































































Since we started our business in 2003, we've always done smaller additions and remodels- even when we didn't have to. That was smart business, because without these jobs, we wouldn't have survived the past year and a half! But beyond that, we've met some really great people who tend to be very good references for future projects- and we always appreciate that!

O'More College of Design- Semester Winding Down

We designed the O'more College of Design satellite studio facility- the Lehew Design Center- at the Factory at Franklin ( Don Burke was the project architect), and Don and I both teach classes at the school as well. Here are a few photos of the studio in the last few days of the semester when the students are spending long hours working frantically to finish their projects.

Feature in the March Edition of Williamson County V.I.P. Magazine

We were fortunate to be included in a Williamson County V.I.P. magazine article about a Franklin, Tennessee area residence we designed a few years ago.

We had a link on here to the article, but apparently they don't archive the link, they just update to the newest issue. Our thanks go out to Kim and Howard Wall (owners) and Candie Westbrook (the writer) for the nice article. Many times, the designers, architects, and builders are not included in this type of article, and we very much appreciate our inclusion here. Here are a few exterior photos of the house.

Julius Shulman : Visual Acoustics

My good friends John and Elizabeth took me to see Visual Acoustics last night at the Belcourt Cinema here in Nashville- and I'm very glad that they did. I highly recommend it- not just to architects, designers and photographers- but to those who love them as well. The showing was extended here in Nashville until February 1st ( call for local listings: "Why don't you just tell me which movie you'd like to see...") and is well worth tracking down in your town. I'm pretty sure I'm going to purchase this when given the chance- and I will hopefully show it as part of my "Vocabulary of Architecture" class that I'm going to be teaching next semester at the O'More College of Design.

Adding On to a 1799 Log House

We are currently beginning work on an addition and remodel to one of the oldest structures in middle Tennessee. The oldest section was built in 1799 and is to the left in this photo. It is a log structure. The block to the right is a post and beam timber structure added in the early 1800's. The "ell" behind the oldest piece was also added in the 1800's.

Several porch additions to the back of the house have been added over the years, and then enclosed as living patterns changed and more space was required.

The addition will stretch out into the area shown in this photo, set back from the historic "front" of the house as to not diminish it's historic significance. It will attach to the smokehouse which is to the right in this photograph.

The pool in back of the house was built in 1844.........just kidding- it was added a few years ago, but our addition will cradle it forming a
courtyard feel for the approach to the water.









Here are some very preliminary sketches of the addition- the first showing the addition to the right of the existing structure, and the second being the "rear" elevation as seen from the yard adjacent the existing pool development.

Here is a rough plan of the addition with the existing house to the left and the existing smokehouse protruding in front- probably becoming an exercise room or studio area. A new front courtyard is formed with a new "friend's entrance" anchored by an existing maple tree. More to follow as we progress.

Hamilton.

Addition/Renovation/Remodel in Historic Franklin-Revisited

Here are some random images of a house previously included in the blog. Please see the previous post for more information- or just peruse these images that show the lack of intervention in many places and a relaxed intervention in others. Many of the previous finishes and patinas were borrowed, while the addition is crisp and current while still giving a nod to the previous.