Project Type: Full renovation plus restoration
Project Size: 5,500 SF
Current Phase: Construction Administration

Project Team
Job Captain: Mengying Bai
Construction Administrator: Kevin Sack

The Assignment: Restore and renovate a 1930s Spanish Colonial Revival residence, previously unsympathetically altered in the 1960s/1970s. Our team and homeowner are creating a home that reflects the 1930s while integrating modern conveniences. Throughout the home, we are opening compartmentalized spaces, improving convenience and air circulation; thickening walls; and adding new steel windows and doors. We are reimagining the kitchen and service spaces, and an all-new second-floor plan, relocating the primary suite for better light and views. We are also designing a new arcade connecting the main house and new detached garage, framing the garden.

Currently: Rough MEPs are being completed so walls can be closed; then drywall when begin.

Sustainable Features: Thermal insulation, efficient heating systems, energy-efficient appliances, solar panels, EV charging stations, infiltration, sourcing local makers for tile, and reuse are intended. For healthier indoor air quality, the homeowner requested that we use EcoFoil insulation around ducts instead of traditional fiberglass insulation (the fibers of which can be spread by the mechanical system throughout the house).