Lincoln St Residence

Lincoln St Residence

LINCOLN ST RESIDENCE

EL Studio PLLC

SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Bethesda, MD, United States

TYPE
Residential › Private House

Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence

This modest renovation resists the current inner-ring suburban trend towards demolition of older, smaller homes in favor of new over-scaled ‘farmhouses.’

Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence

The clients, a young family with two small children wanted more space for play and individual bedrooms but expressed a desire not to ‘lose one another’ in a home too vast or impersonal.

Their one-story bungalow, a relic of the first wave of suburban development in this area, has been expanded through the careful integration of appropriately scaled additional program and volume.

Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence

A carport and efficiency apartment on the first floor were removed to make way for a new addition containing a first-floor playroom and a partial second story with side-by-side bedrooms for the children connected through a ‘Jack & Jill’ bathroom as well as a new Master Suite.

The playroom’s double-height volume binds all of the above and provides access to the garden beyond through a covered porch tucked under the Master Suite.

South-facing roof apertures capture and direct daylight deep into the north-facing playroom and porch.

Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence

New expansive windows frame views to a mature Japanese maple tree in the yard.


Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence


Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence


Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence
Lincoln St Residence

Lincoln St Residence