Before & After: A Victorian Cottage Expands With a Rear Addition to Accommodate a Growing Family

Structurally, designing the concrete gabled addition became the biggest challenge for Kennon. "My obsession with concrete is to try to make a heavy material feel light, so the detailing is critical. It was an ambitious idea, but we managed to pull it off," he shares. The high level of finish and the complex engineering of the concrete structure was thanks to the close collaboration between the builder and Kennon+.