Kitchen Addition (2021-2025)
Addition & Renovation, Nashville TN
A family of four sought a new kitchen addition for their century-old home in Nashville Tennessee. The red brick structure needed to address deferred maintenance but its rear driveway corner exhibited decades of poorly executed renovations that left behind rotting wood, water infiltration, foundation failures, and an ad-hoc utility condition that no amount of repair could remedy. The deteriorating corner offered an opportunity to draw a clear line between old and new while solving pressing issues of the aging home. The hipped roof of the original house became the generative instrument. By extending the hip into the addition, we tied new to old, unlocking an entirely different spatial experience within—one defined by height, curvature. Two sculptural skylights animate the interior with shifting light and shadow throughout the day creating an entirely new experience inside the house. We referenced Victorian homes in London with historical fronts and ambitious modern backs which gave us the courage and roadmap for how to attach new to old.
We designed a single room, Less extension than pavilion, the addition carries the triangular profile of its roof onto the façade through weathering steel piers—elements that provide depth and monumentality set off against the existing brick home. Full-height glass connects the kitchen to the yard. A wraparound window seat anchors the room and mediates between inside and outside. A new mudroom and covered side entry porch completed the project—fulfilling the family's long-held desire for a proper back door welcoming family and friends into their new/old home.
HOUSE Credits
Architecture: Principal Architect, Michael Goorevich with Project Architect, Jack Mcaters
General Contractor: Wisdom Construction
Structural Engineer: Ruth Alwes
Millwork: Just Plane Wood, Roger Gramm
Photography: Anthony Matula and Kate Dearman
