We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child's bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area. Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials. An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes. We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child's bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area. Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials. An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes. BEFORE We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child's bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area. Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials. An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes. We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child's bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area. Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials. An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes. We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child's bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area. Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials. An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes. We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child's bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area. Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials. An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes. We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child's bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area. Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials. An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes.
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We renovated this two family house in Somerville, adding forms on top to create new living space on the third floor: a master suite, a child’s bedroom suite, and a sun filled sitting area.
Rather than trying to seamlessly blend with the existing house, the additions are in a more modern style: three boxes clad in three different materials.
An existing storage shed behind the house was given a similar treatment, refurbished with durable metal siding like one of the rooftop volumes.
