Design Confidently, Live Comfortably
Issue #6, Sept/Oct 2004
| Bright Side of the Room Turning the kitchen to the south, toward the family room, did more than improve the view by David and Sukie Amory Lisa and Theo had a dark, cramped 1960s kitchen addition stuck onto the back of their 19th-century shingle-style house. Oriented toward north light, it provided a view of the driveway and garbage cans. But then Amory Architects came up with a new design that turned the kitchen around to south and west light, unblocked the circulation in the room, and opened up the back of the house to a new veranda that runs the length of the kitchen. The result is a space that integrates the kitchen into the rest of the house and is far more functional and expansive -- without exceeding the original's square footage.  Preview next articleResources |
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