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Record House Revisited

Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography

RECORD HOUSE REVISITED

David Jameson Architect

ARCHITECTS
David Jameson Architect

PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE
David Jameson, FAIA

CLIENT
Greg and Lorena Andon

PROJECT ARCHITECT
Christopher Cabacar

CONTRACTOR
The Ley Group

PHOTOGRAPHS
Paul Warchol Photography

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Owings Mills, United States

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

Four decades after their project was featured in the 1969 Record Houses issue of Architectural Record, the owners sold the house to a young couple.

Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography
Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography

A condition of the sale was that the new owners would respect the character of the project, yet be able to revisit and alter the contained quality of the interior rooms to create a continuous living space visually connected to the woodland site.

An analysis of the existing structure revealed ordering devices through which the new work could be understood.

A truss roof system allowed interior walls to be eradicated, yielding a condition of an unencumbered public and private pavilion linked together by a glass entry node.

Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography
Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography

Floor to ceiling window apertures relating the pavilions could not be experienced within the original floor plan.

Registering the new work to the existing house is a conceptual allee of walnut casework. 

The casework weaves together and provides clarity to the various living areas.

Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography
Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography

The quarter sawn casework and flat sawn flooring employ walnut in a Chiascuro manner, creating bold contrasts to the existing white painted brick walls and plaster ceiling.

Corian casework elements are positioned as kitchen, mudroom, and bath objects, further juxtaposing a smoothness to the textural brick and plaster.

The purity of the original brick fireplace and skylight ring at the center of the house is exposed and left uninterrupted, allowing for additional connection to the site.

Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography
Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography
Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography


Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography
Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography
Record House Revisited
© Paul Warchol Photography


Record House Revisited
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