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INSPIRED MODERN HOMES
BELOW: I wanted to design an urban oasis that would be at once a working artist's studio and a place to relax and entertain, so I created Edge Loft. This new 1,500
square-foot space was added to a 100-year-old bungalow in a block of downtown Davis that marked the transition between the commercial core and the surrounding
residential neighborhoods.
FACING PAGE Recognizing that 'traditional' and 'contemporary' spaces are different in character but can coexist and be mutually enlivening, I sliced and punched
the bungalow to make way for a 20-foot threshold that threads both spaces. Where I removed existing windows, I framed the openings in blue-stained wood,
marking the connections between old and new. Where former exterior walls became interior walls of the loft, I further illuminated the relation between the two eras
by exposing the bungalow's original wood sheathing. I left much of the new construction exposed, including steel web ceiling trusses, steel columns, and a concrete
slab floor—adding texture and serving as a commentary on the underlying design and construction.
Photographs by Jay Graham and Julia Ogrydziak
