We recently returned to one of our favorite builds: The Arlington Residence in Houston. With new landscaping that elevates this historic home, we wanted to take a second look at this AIA Award winning home.
The Arlington Residence continues to stand out: a melding of modern addition and historic charm, designed by m + a architecture studio, with RAM’s large-format windows and doors enabling fluid connections between interior and exterior. The updated gardens soften the lines, framing sweeping views through RAM’s sliding doors, expanding living spaces, and creating inviting gathering areas outside.
“The Arlington residence is in the Heights Historic District, and is about 115 years old. The original house is a lovely Queen Anne style one story, but, being a much older home, was really just a series of small boxy interior rooms, and overall was just too small for our client’s family. Our project was to add a two story addition to the back, adding a new kitchen on the ground floor, with new kids rooms and playroom upstairs, and then reconfiguring the old interiors into a much larger living area. ” – Mark Schatz, m + a architecture studio
“The new ground floor now has expansive views into a generous backyard, and a new pool and deck that were added to one side of the house, making the new combination work for modern living and feel way larger than it actually is by using a series of really large RAM windows and sliding doors. The new addition is a completely modern design, full of daylight and views inside to out, but uses the same design proportioning systems and datum lines as the historic house. So the overall building forms are sympathetic and complimentary to each other, even though they are finished with wildly different materials.” – Mark Schatz, m + a architecture studio
Whether enjoying morning light in the living room, hosting friends on the patio, or simply taking in the quiet history that lives within its walls, The Arlington Residence is proof that maintaining the soul of a home matters. While it gently boasts a modern renewal, the bones of the original design remain intact.
To see RAM’s interview with m + a architecture studio, click here.
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