The challenge of this project was to marry existing historic details with the needs of an active young family who love to entertain. The existing house had not been touched in many decades and while it featured a host of interesting old house parts, it needed a total renovation.
Project name
Logan Circle Row House II
Architecture firm
EL Studio PLLC
Location
Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
Principal architect
Mark Lawrence
Design team
Elizabeth Emerson, Meredith Miller Sells, Win Overholzer
Interior design
EL Studio PLLC
Structural engineer
Linton Engineering
Landscape
Moody Graham Landscape Architecture
Construction
Horizon Builders
Typology
Residential › House
A renovation of a 3,900 SF, two-level apartment on Dupont Circle, the existing space was a lesson in the challenges of converting DC’s Commercial office inventory for residential use: low ceilings, imposing structure, insufficient building systems, and a footprint resultant from its position on the triangle between Massachusetts Avenue and P Street...
Project name
Dupont Circle Residence
Architecture firm
EL Studio PLLC
Location
Washington, District Of Columbia, USA
Photography
Anice Hoachlander
Principal architect
Mark Lawrence
Design team
Elizabeth Emerson, Sarah Beth McKay, Meredith Miller Sells
Interior design
EL Studio PLLC
Environmental & MEP engineering
JCL
Structural engineer
Linton Engineering
Construction
Tarpon Construction
Typology
Residential › Apartment
It’s located in the neighborhood where they have lived for many years and have forged deep social bonds. It’s a short one-block walk to their daughter’s school. It has beautiful mature trees. It has a pool! But still, after the sale closed the clients thought, why did we buy this house??
Project name
Kent Residence Renovation
Architecture firm
EL Studio PLLC
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Photography
HDP Photography
Typology
Residential › House