Stew and Alyce Pollock wanted an architect with environmental cred, but that wasn’t the only thing that drew them to Barbara Gehrung of Energy Positive Architecture. “I liked her style too,” says Stew. It was 2013, and the Pollocks were getting set to build a new home on a rural property in Batesville in order […]
Stew and Alyce Pollock wanted an architect with environmental cred, but that wasn’t the only thing that drew them to Barbara Gehrung of Energy Positive Architecture. “I liked her style too,” says Stew. It was 2013, and the Pollocks were getting set to build a new home on a rural property in Batesville in order […]
A house built just before World War II might be replete with period charm, but it’s not necessarily geared toward the needs of a young family. Honoring that earlier era, while executing a major update, was Karen Turner’s charge in a recent project. “It’s an old house in a beautiful established neighborhood,” she says. “The […]
When Kelley and Steve Sobell bought their house at Bundoran Farm in 2017, they took on a project that was somewhere between new construction and renovation. Situated south of town off Route 29, Bundoran, first developed by Qroe in 2006, is made up of high-end houses on large lots, most with big views of rolling […]
Tracey Love has always had an affinity for vintage rugs. But when she started collecting them to cover the wood floors in the Greenwood farmhouse she shares with her husband, Bridge Cox, and two kids—even after she’d run out of floor space—Cox suggested she take a different tack. “He said, ‘Babe, you are not allowed […]
The new tasting room and event space of Potter’s Craft Cider is not “new” at all; it’s a building layered with history and memory. When Jeannette Andamasaris, of Studio Figure, first began work on renovation for Potter’s, she actually encountered a moment from her own past. “I had been there before when it was a […]
The third and final construction phase for the swanky C&O Row townhomes is complete, bringing to an end a several-year housing project that was not without its controversy. “We are completely sold out, occupied, and moved in,” says Tom Ridley, vice president of sales for homebuilder Evergreen Construction. “We are done and closed out on […]
When they set out to reimagine the Senior Center facility more than 10 years ago, the architects at local firm Bushman Dreyfus knew they could be part of something special. The Center had grown into a nationally acclaimed senior community organization under the leadership of executive director Peter Thompson. First accredited in 2002, it went […]
The driveway is so steep it seemed like a no-go. On the day in 2009 when he first visited, “I drove up the driveway and told myself ‘Whatever’s at the top of this I can’t buy it,’” remembers the owner. “But then I got up there and thought, ‘Oh, I do have to buy this.’” […]
Mark Graham was actually relieved when he discovered that the first floor of his house was rotting. He’d planned to add on, not tear down. But when crews prepared to build a second story onto the 1980 brick ranch house in Ivy, they discovered some problems. “It turned out the walls had holes from rodents […]
Vitae Spirits is conscious of its distilling forebears. But owner Ian Glomski has always embraced modernity when it comes to his product and brand, and he hasn’t changed a bit in unveiling his new downtown spirits tasting room design. “We’re really trying to be forward-looking in general,” Glomski says. “We are not trying to emulate […]