Shingleview

View from Entrance Gate

Front View

Rear Ocean view

Front View

Rear view - Pool

Shingleview Plan

Custom Estate Home

This estate home perches itself on an ocean bluff surrounded by lush Oaks and sub-tropical brush. Greeted by a carriage house at the gate, the elevated home allows for a grand entrance and a mix of traditional shingle shake siding and brick in a modern color pallet. Tall glazed walls allow the main living space to view forward while the rear of the space has oversized pocked glass walls that slide open onto a screened area and pool deck. A large kitchen with catering space is connected by a formal dining area to the great room for endless entertaining space. A secluded main floor master suite captures views toward the water, while a private office perches over the drive to welcome guests. A mix of dark shake shingles, light brick, and copper roofs mix up the traditional material pallet into a modern beach retreat.

https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/shingleview-pj-vj~5854130

https://www.customhomeonline.com/project-gallery/shingleview

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Holton Addtion

Master Suite Addition

A custom retreat, this master suite addition is able to wrap around the existing home and only be minimally visible from the street. An existing carport is captured into a new garage with the new private space in the rear. While wrapped in composite bamboo siding and standing seam metal,  the existing brick tones warms the addition and help it fit into the natural landscape. A modern and unique structure able to stand on its own, the addition compliments the existing structure well without overwhelming it.

Dingle Street, front Freedmen's cottage renovation

Shou Sugi Ban Siding

Modern rear Home roof top deck

Modern rear Home, kitchen

Modern rear Home, Origin bifolding door

Modern rear Home, 2 storey screen porch

Modern rear Home, Master Bath

Modern rear Home, Master Bath

Modern rear Home, siding types

Streetfront Freedmen's cottage renovation

Streetfront Freedmen's cottage renovation

Streetfront Freedmen's cottage renovation

Streetfront Freedmen's cottage renovation

Modern Design In Historic Charleston

A modern home nestled in the middle of Charleston, the creation of this sanctuary was based on a desire to bring multi-generational living back to the urban core.  While many historic properties in the area might have a carriage house, this home took the opposite approach. The existing small “freedmen’s house” was restored and updated into a cozy guest cottage, while the more modern main home rises behind its historic neighbors.

Nestled in the trees, this tall home creates an urban refuge to enjoy. The two-story screened porch and rooftop deck connect it to the seasonally tuned weather of the south. Catching breezes and connecting the interior to nature, a large movable glass wall helps bring the outdoors into this modern urban space. Wrapped in shou sugi ban siding (charred cedar), punctuated with tall windows and minimalist modern fixtures, this home is still able to blend in the background and create a hidden urban utopia for the owners.

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https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/dingle-street-pj-vj~5717039

Before picture

 Originally a ranch, this house was lifted after Hurricane Hugo and added onto un-sympathetically at the rear. It had a strange layout with multiple levels, small bedrooms, and closed off spaces. Our task was to transform the home for modern living. Create indoor / outdoor connections to a new pool, kitchen and the everyday spaces used most. The transformation from a ‘pink palace’ to a modern showpiece gave the owners living space to entertain and enjoy their home with friends & extended family.

Photos by Newport653

https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/magraw-residence-pj-vj~2555237

Historic Charleston Single

A Welcoming and Functional Kitchen

Formal Entry Hall

A Grand stair to all 3 floors

Master bedroom in the trees

Master Bath

Surprising Spaces

Home Being Raised & Leveled

Originally built in 1835, years of deferred maintance and a failing foundation rendered this home in need of a serious help. The home had poorly constructed additions removed, it’s core historic structure was raise out of the flood zone, and the angled walls were brought to plumb. The interior was then crafted for contemporary living while maintaining the windows and details of the original home. A complementary addition was added to create an inviting kitchen and master suite. Now re-built and strengthened, it is ready to add to the city’s charm for another 150 years.

https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/fitzgerald-residence-pj-vj~2456805

Phase 1 of home

Family is at the core of our well being. More and more these days, living together as a mixed family makes the most sense and this project looked at a phased construction plan over time. Starting off with a garage apartment, the site could transform into a multi-generational home with exceptional outdoor entertainment space. A way to live together, maximize views, and in harmony with nature.

https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/generations-pj-vj~2512104

Lantern house

Lantern House

Lantern House

Lantern House

Lantern House

Lantern House

The Lantern House is a modest single family residence situated on a tight urban lot in Charleston, South Carolina. Typical of sites in the Charleston urban core, this lot is quite narrow and deep with it’s narrow dimension abutting the street.
The front of the home faces south toward the harsh southern sun, and the home incorporates shading techniques of the neighboring vernacular ‘Charleston Singles’. Like its neighbors, it presents piazzas along the west facade shading the interior from midday and afternoon sun. The piazza toward the street is allowed to wrap the corner; shading the front quadrant of the home, incorporating an intricate tensile fabric shading system, and extending the outdoor living space into a semi private area still open to the natural coastal breezes. The home incorporates other passive ventilation techniques with a central open core allowing for the stack effect to move hot air up and out of its clearstory windows.

The home’s fabric tensile shading system harkens back to the sailing history and tradition of Charleston as well as its modern connection to the ever evolving sport of competitive sailing. It is a home that starts with our past, but reaches out to our future.

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An elevated lawn creates opportunities for amazing views and surprising privacy. This inverted plan places the bedrooms on the ground floor and the living space above. It’s cantilevered glass box living room frames views that would be lost from the typical first floor living room. In a narrow urban lot; space, light, and your connection to nature can be limited. Covering the garage space with a roof garden and outdoor living area expands the space to live and enjoy nature. In an urban setting, a high lawn allows you to no longer have your neighbors looking down into your backyard. It’s elevated location reduces bugs and increases the breeze. Elevate the way you live.

http://www.houzz.com/projects/1515411/highlawn

http://www.customhomeonline.com/project-gallery/highlawn

A very tight lot with urban sensitivities, but serious flood zone issues. To accommodate FEMA flood elevations and the desire for parking, this elevated home is able to stack cars underneath and present itself on a narrow urban lot to the street. The inviting porch connects the front door to the street while creating privacy and preserving the vernacular Charleston side porch.

A corner lot with its best views across the street, this home looks to strike a balance between privacy and openness. A private pool court is central to the home, with all of the public space opening onto the deck. Large vertical shutters create privacy, shade, and can pivot to protect the glazed walls from storms. A guest apartment or office with a green roof sits atop the garage, enclosing the courtyard and focusing the view. A pronounced stair tower rises to the main roof that can accommodate a mixture of lounge space and green planted roof, with exceptional views to the horizon. It’s a space for living, working, and entertaining…

 http://www.customhomeonline.com/project-gallery/courtview

http://www.houzz.com/projects/1400047/courtview