The Modern Atlanta Home Tour is a two day self-guided tour of homes in Atlanta. The architecture tour is mostly private residences, but occasionally a few commercial buildings are featured. It is usually held on a weekend in mid June – MA was founded in 2007. The tour is the finale of “Design is Human Week” – a week of speakers and events focusing on design, sustainability, and innovation.
Project: Westrate Residence
Location: 2357 Loraine Street NE, Atlanta GA 30319
Architect: Dencity LLC
Builder: Cablik
Structural Engineer: EC Structural Engineering, Inc
General Contractor: Principal Builders Group, Inc
Landscape Architect: Core Landscape Group, Inc
Year Completed: 2013
Square Footage: 6,440 sq ft.
3 levels:
– “basement” living, guest bedroom, & bathroom
– kitchen, living, dining, & office
– bedrooms, bathrooms, laundry, deck
This home was built to be “natural and neutral” canvas for the home owners personal art collection. The second and third floors are cantilevered to create a sense of a tree house. The large stone wall continues from the front, through the home, and all the way to the back. A large shed roof allows for both protection from the sun and rain.
The main level consists of the living, dining room, kitchen, and office.
View from the living room of the office and looking back at the front door. On the other side of the stone wall is the dining room and kitchen.
The office at the front of the home.
The dining room with the kitchen toward the back of the house.
Stair detail as we move up to the second floor:
Looking back down the way we came:
The view from the balcony of the back yard:
Stairs leading down the the basement:
Legrand switches (the brand we chose for our house):
Basement bedroom (it really was this bright & sunny):
Backyard patio off of the basement living space (even the down spouts are modern!):
Orange – the consistent accent color throughout the entire house:
A Japanese maple placed framed by the basement bedroom window:
Rain chains for the back corner of the house:
I don’t remember where these bathrooms were. They were probably on the upstairs & on the main floor… but I can’t remember:
Looking forward to this year’s home tour on June 6th & 7th! (Athens May 30th!)