DESIGN | BUILD: EDGE
25209 Phase 1 | Remodel
Working within the shell of a 1990s home designed by LMN Architects, EDGE reimagined the interiors and reworked key openings to bring in light and reduce the building’s commercial feel. A new single-stringer steel stair with floating oak treads replaces the once-heavy circulation core. Solid pony walls at the landings were removed and replaced with a cantilevered upturned edge clad in white oak, and glass railings. The formerly awkward main entry is recast as a Turrell-like sky space, its darkened walls, walnut panels, and curved walnut bench creating a contemplative threshold.
Fireplaces clad in steel, walnut, and stone anchor the family room, living room, and primary bedroom, establishing a material palette that carries through the renovated kitchen and bathrooms. Comprehensive upgrades to lighting fixtures and controls provide layered illumination and flexibility to suit the owners’ preferences.
Outside at the entry, extensive paving and aged plantings and heavy hedges were removed and replaced with redefined entry walk flanked by a mix of grasses, perennials and native plantings. New Katsura trees stand as sentinels between the driveway and entry courtyard, screening and softening the architecture. Rusted plate steel was added to the facade to articulate the exterior massing and lend warmth.
