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: Benning Residence
Location: 1417 Benning Place Atlanta, GA 30307
Architect: Brian Bell of BLDGS
General Contractor: Red Level Renovations
Square Footage: 2,600 sq ft.
3 levels (addition):
– basement, laundry
– half bath, living room
– sitting room, master bedroom, master bath, deck
The original home facade: pretty cool in a near-black paint.
Walking around to the addition on the back of the house. (House paint still in progress).
Walking through the side door, turing right to see the door between old & new.
Straight ahead is a half bath and on the left is the living space.
Behind the woman in the striped green shirt are stairs to a second floor and the man in the blue shirt is heading toward the stairs to the basement.
Looking back toward the side entryway.
No baseboards, a modern relief line around the window casing, and wooden air vents integrated into the flooring.
There are lots of stairs in the foyer area. A neat window through to the stairwell is an interesting choice: I makes the wall against the first few steps look free standing. I would love to know why they made this choice: the window means that you can see the side of the stairs & that portion had to be finished properly – where it wouldn’t be seen anywhere else. I wonder if this is an example of a detail that is more labor intensive and therefore a more expensive look.
Going up the stairs to the second floor. Windows into the master closet (square) and sitting room (rectangle). Cool lightsaber looking light fixture!
Stair tread detail against the drywall – again, no trim = more skill to finish & more expensive. I like the flush mount integrated lights for each step.
A sitting room at the top of the stairs:
A balcony off of the sitting room & master bedroom:
On the railing, I like the plank pattern and the wood against the randomly spaced grey metal support structure.
Turning around, looking at the overhang for the porch below. Of course this isn’t meant to be walked on, but it reminds me of walkways in the courtyards outside of traditional Japanese houses.
The master bedroom with a grey ceiling. The grey berber carpet looks very “office-building”.
The ceiling against the window had this little trough – I’m not sure why.
Full floor to ceiling height storefront window.
The master bath. Probably the most impressive room so far. I like the symmetry of the glass shower in the corner flanked by matching windows.
Marble on the walls and a different material for the floor. Frosted sections on the bottom portions of the windows for privacy.
Another choice: white for the cabinet above the toilet while the vanity & medicine cabinet are stained wood. I always appreciate a privacy wall for the toilet.
The master closet with a view of that “lightsaber” fixture.
Heading on down to the basement.
Interesting ceiling with the joists (I’m assuming) painted dark grey. Concrete floor.
The laundry with a bonus fridge.
Back outside to admire the wood siding. Again, very reminiscent of a Japanese style.
The back of the house looking in toward the living room. Grey accent color on the doors and windows.
Looking up to the different overhangs.
This was an interesting way to finish the fence: stain mixed with grey boards. I don’t know if they were trying to mimic the second story railing, but if they were, it’s a pretty cool idea. Turning the grey boards on their sides makes them seem like they are thin metal.
The fence was lifted off of the ground and had a concrete base. I’m not sure if this is for longevity – to keep water from wicking up the boards.
The back of the house. The walkway & back porch area are probably a certain height off of the ground so they meet code – where they don’t need a railing.
I would be fun to se the original portion of the home – to see how the old and new are integrated together… but, as it stands, this was another nice little tour!