Boston Home, "Living in Color"

Atrium House, built in 1939, is a Tudor style house in a historic district near Boston, MA. The neighborhood would not allow any changes to the front of the house, so we added windows to the back, bringing in much…

Atrium House
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The house responds to the Greek Revival traditions of the neighborhood on the exterior with a wholly unexpected interior.  The house is organized around two courts:  first, an arrival court on the public side, and second, a garden court on the quiet private side.

The Apple Tree Hill house perches lightly atop its hilly site, looking out eagerly onto a broad view of Kent Cove. Footings grow into posts which branch out to pull the roof taut across an exterior arcade. Walking outside is…