A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The resulting layout enables a sense of privacy, but without foregoing a sense of connection.
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The ground floor is freed of its previousdivisions and the large sliding door opens to continuously connect the heated living room floor to the heated deck of the patio – opening the ground level fully to the rear garden for easy entertaining.
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The interior details elevate daily life—inviting interest and offering delight. Marble slabs adorn steps, counters, benches, and posts, providing a rich and sensual surface that pleases both the eye and the touch.
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The reorganization of spaces offers flexibility for both a family of four and seamless impromptu entertaining.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Primary Bedroom with soft light from north-facing window. Art by Ingrid Weyland, Topographies of Fragility XXIII & XXV. Curated by Pearl Rowe.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Photo credit:
Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Photo credit:
Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
A smooth, sculpted continuous white oak wood handrail guides one from the public floors up to the private spaces where the rooms support the activities of the family and reflect how they want to live.
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Doublespace Photography
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The living room at the ground floor is connected with the second-floor kids lounge room – where entertaining guests of all generations can happen together, but separately.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
A central skylight sits atop the central stair washing bright daylight deep into the center of the long floor plate. The operable skylights enable warm air to passively ventilate out of the house during the warmer months, by way of the chimney effect.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
The primary bedroom opens up to a new 3rd floor terrace that overlooks the back garden andthe green roof of the garage.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
An urban home re-designed to support a less formal and more family-focused contemporary life, thoughtfully detailed to cradle the everyday.
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Doublespace Photography
A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Site Plan
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Floor Plans: Basement, Ground, Second Floors
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Floor Plans: Third Floor, Roof
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Elevations - Rear + Side
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Sections
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A Fresh Face in a Familiar Place: Summerhill Family Home Blends Contemporary Living with Neighborhood Charm
Barbora Vokac Taylor Architect Inc.
Elevations - Front and Side
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