Fotos: Kurt Wrissenberg; Fotos Treppe: Voss Treppenbau Reinfeld

Morgante Wilson Architects designed a remodeling project that blended seamlessly with this historic home Chicago's North Shore, Illinois • Photo by: Tony Soluri

Eric Roth

This 3-acre property in the historic town of Concord merges a new home with surrounding topography and builds upon the neighborhood's historic and aesthetic influences. With ten entrances, the success of place making is rooted in expressing interior and exterior connections. Slabs of antique granite, Ipe decking, and stuccoed concrete risers with bluestone treads are instrumental in shaping the physical and visual experiences of the property. A formal entry walk of reclaimed bluestone and cobble slice through a sculptural grove of transplanted, mature mountain laurels and azaleas, and a new driveway sweeps past the front entrance of the house leading to a parking court. A meadow forms an intermediate zone between the domestic yard and the untamed woodland, and drifts of shrubs and perennials lend texture and scale to the home and outdoor spaces.

Photo by:Peter Rymwid

Garden

Fria Hagen

The clients were looking for a beach house to be built on this site overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands, and the house design responds with a guest wing and a tower oriented to take in the ocean view. At the clients’ direction, Coburn designed a building that has a timeless appearance, looking as if it has been sitting on site for decades. This intention was achieved with salvaged materials, focused design work, and a high level of detail typically found in the great homes of the past.

Photo credit: Tim Bailey

Photo by Mary Prince © 2013 Houzz

Brian Vanden Brink Photographer New barn Entrance

An eclectic Sunroom/Family Room with European design. Photography by Jill Buckner Photo

Photo by Mark Weinberg

Tom Crane