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The home as viewed from the backyard, now and then. Mature landscaping and new dining areas elevate the outdoor spaces.

Inside & outside

"A steep or unstable site can make it difficult and costly to seismically retrofit a structure, or stabilize the site,” says Thomas Schaer at SHED Architecture and Design, a Seattle-based firm with extensive experience in adaptive reuse, as well as midcentury remodel. “There also may be land-use code provisions that limit or prevent development on the lot."

Rear Elevation

Rear Elevation

Where Italian brick veneer, Accoya wood, steel, concrete + glass collide.

Oversized windows and retractable glass walls open the home to the stunning outdoor pool area.

MidCentury Modern Summer Home in Gibson Island, MD

Dining/Kitchen

Foyer

Dark paint was used strategically to give primary visual hierarchy to the flagstone fireplace and roofline.

Front elevation of desert modern new home in Phoenix Arizona featuring breeze block, wood slats, date palm tree aperture, and pocketing sliding glass doors