Wye River Addition
Queen Anne's County. MD
Achieving the Owner's Goals
The Owners' existing house has an unusual geometry. It is five sided, and irregular --interesting, but unwelcoming because the house greets visitors with the full height of its backside basement wall.
The Owners want to add a new guest suite, and a much more friendly entry. In response, we created the Guest Suite within a square, that we rotated so it reads as a diamond juxtaposed to the pentagagon of the existing house. We inserted a split-level foyer (with wheelchair lift) between the new suite and old, to give access to both. We added a front porch to welcome and shelter visitors.
These arrival features form a hyphen that visually separates and connects the original pentagon to the new rotated suite. The new entry leads to a new screen porch at its upper, southern end. Skylights and an interior garden add liveliness to and joy to the experience of arriving home.
Yet the additions are cost-effective to complement the character of the original house.
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