Project Details
- Project Name
- West Newton Street
- Location
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Boston ,MA ,United States
- Client/Owner
- Michael and Germaine Choe
- Project Types
- Custom
- Size
- 3,520 sq. feet
- Year Completed
- 2011
- Shared by
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Principal Architect,Butz Klug Architecture
- Consultants
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Construction Manager: Payne-Bouchier,Structural Engineer: Roome & Guarracino, LLC,Architectural Openings,Furniture Design Services,Eric Roth Photography
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
The site conditions catalyzed the complete reorientation of the dwelling to take advantage of the front-to-rear prospects of light and privacy not normally afforded to urban houses. The 3300 square-foot house now celebrates its ‘back’ rather than avoiding the al- leyway and areas traditionally relegated to utility. The addition of the reinterpreted glass Oriel window allows western light to imprint the life of the house – in the dining room, allowing a quick open-air meal – in the living room, providing an unusually broad urban panorama. Conversely, the top floor, remote from the life of the lower levels, takes a celestial orientation with the master bath lit alternately by moon and sun.
