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Deer Park

Creating a new home that reflected the client’s interest in French country architecture that would fit on a very narrow lot within an exclusive older established neighborhood was the design challenge for this project.  The solution was a design for the home that looked as if it had been built in three successive stages: the first a French barn to the rear, the second middle section resembling a French farmhouse, and the front section suggesting an affluent French country squire’s Maison.  Clad with “real” masonry stucco and a wood shake roof, the house’s exterior details are drawn from a lexicon of historic French architectural styles.  The interiors are similarly inspired and include an open kitchen and den, a generous living room and dining room next to a central hall with winding stairway on the first main floor.  The second floor includes a master bedroom and two guest bedrooms all en-suite.  Although the lot is small, a side terrace accessed through an arcade is an inviting outdoor space for alfresco relaxation and entertainment. 


Peyton House

This project started from scratch with a piece of undeveloped land in the rolling hills of Virginia’s piedmont.  From there Harris Design provided a comprehensive plan of landscape design, architectural design, and interior design to create this new home which embodies the grace and ambiance of the region’s historic charm.  The exterior includes hand-moulded brick in a historic bond pattern with moulded shape brick, keystones and other stone and brick paving details, a slate roof, large scale cornice mouldings and trim details, a classical portico, ornamented dormers, and a self-supporting balcony which combine to provide a level of architectural detail not often found today.  The interiors provide further architectural details and furnishings on a sumptuous level.  Of particular note is the custom cherry-wood kitchen cabinetry with soapstone countertops, a grand mahogany staircase, an impressively-scaled classical living room mantlepiece, and a gentleman’s library with a built-in mahogany secretary cabinet.  The once barren land now includes a verdant range of shade and ornamental trees both evergreen and deciduous, a lush assortment of classical shrubbery, and beautiful perennial gardens throughout this new estate’s grounds.  The house incorporates environmentally sustainable technology including very cost effective geo-thermal systems for radiant heating, cooling, and water heating. It also includes low voltage lighting where possible, an insulation package that exceeds typical standards, and a water supply and waste system that is efficient and self contained.  


Bungalow Kitchen

The origins of this 1920’s bungalow’s kitchen was simply a servants kitchen to which was attached a covered open porch.  And an unsympathetic 1970’s renovation did little to improve the space.  An entirely new kitchen was created within the old kitchen and the old covered porch by taking the spaces back to the studs and keeping only the old heart pine floor boards and some of the old beaded board ceiling.  New period styled quarter sawn oak cabinets with reproduction hardware were designed and installed.  Period copper lantern lighting was incorporated, as were new stainless steel appliance making this new kitchen both historically complimentary to the house while providing the generous space and cooking pleasures of a modern kitchen. 


Greenwood Studio

On an old estate set in a scenic rural landscape, this new modern minimalist structure follows the simple form of its predecessor, which was a barn, to fulfill the client’s need for an office and a studio to house his collection of modern art.   Exterior stucco cladding and a standing seam metal roof enclose the main interior volume. The main volume of the interior is an expansive open room vaulted to the full height of the building.  An office loft accessed by a spiral stair, a small kitchenette, and spaciously comfortable “man’s” bathroom complete the interior spaces.    To the west, the structure  takes in wooded vistas through full building height over-scaled windows and doors, and it opens to the south to a modernist concrete and steel pergola which takes in views of river-bottom land along a meandering stream. 

Clarion

New construction tripled the size of this once modest 1980’s house which transformed it into a classic country seat at the center of the owner’s equestrian estate.  Drawing upon historic examples, the new exterior architecture includes a classic front portico and front door with leaded glass transom, enhanced cornice mouldings, pilasters, moulded door and window casings with entablatures, and new brick “decorated” chimney tops.  The interiors were similarly enhanced with classical trim work, and a new grand staircase.  New spaces included a gourmet kitchen with stone countertops, a new living room and sitting room which featured English-made marble mantles, built-in mahogany book cases, and a new en-suite master bedroom.  

Clarion House

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