Rugby Road Renovation

Location: Durham, NC

Completed: 2007

Square footage: 2,740 (heated), 900 (exterior)

Built in the 1950s, this 30' by 100' modern home in Durham needed updating. The removal of a few walls, together with the addition of a mere four hundred square feet and a screened porch, gave this unusual sixties house a new lease on life.

The new owners appreciated the low key, clean lines of the existing house. The primary goals of this major renovation were to preserve and accentuate the house's modern design features while connecting it physically and visually to its spacious, rolling site. An existing sixty-foot corridor was shortened by incorporating it into the new master-bedroom suite at one end of the house and making it a part of the dining room/kitchen at the other end. A new kitchen and screened porch were placed to take advantage of the southeast sun and views of the site.

The second phase of the renovation began construction in the fall of 2008. It will add a two-car carport and exterior storage and will improve the main-entry sequence by providing an entry courtyard.