Collection by William Harrison
Modern Homes In Atlanta
A sprawling city that conjures up images of rustic porches, Atlanta is also home to many modern dwellings.
To highlight the existing architecture of the home, Hill
retained the dark polish of
the casement windows, which
she finds enhances period details instead of undermining
them. In the rear sunroom, the vintage Case Study furniture pieces with Plexiglas bases are from Metro Retro
in Houston.
A Bourgie lamp by Kartell is
atop an old marble end table by Knoll, and the Gan kilim rug pictures a branch motif echoed in the kitchen and breakfast room.
With a sizable portfolio packed with innovative home, restaurant, retail, and office design, Cara Cummins and Jose Tavel of TaC Studios took their strategies for their clients to their own home. When choosing a site, the dynamic duo felt passionate about staying in the neighborhood they were so dedicated to help transform—a central, historic Atlanta community once tainted by its industrial past and years of street crime.
A screened-in porch was a must-have for the residents (they love to sit outside but hate mosquitoes) and influenced the building's asymmetrical shape. "The question became how can we integrate this into the design of a modern house," says architect Staffan Svenson. "Can it be a screen porch without looking like one?" He devised a plan to hang a horizontal louver system from the structure to give the illusion that the powder-coated steel fins hover in place. He used the same material for the guard rail on the second story.