When the Ray Residence was remodeled, the silver maple tree in the home’s front yard—planted during the 1940s when the original house was built—was dying. Architect and homeowner Todd Ray decided to harvest and mill the lumber to create slats for an entry screen by the staircase, an homage to the tree and the original house.
2. Robin’s Way / rope noise buffer
Architect Paul Masi’s clients sought to have a specially curated aesthetic for their vacation home remodel and settled on natural rope as a key material, incorporating manila rope details throughout the house in walls and ceilings. To compliment the home’s 1960s style and serve as a noise buffer (one of the of clients is a DJ) the designers created a “digitally fabricated framework”—what is essentially a CNC-milled wood “loom”—between the ceiling beams, which holds the strands of rope in place.
3. Far Pond / folded steel panels
4. Tria Taproom / black gas-pipe light fixtures
To capitalize on the minimalist masculine aesthetic of the Philadelphia bar for which these fixtures were created, Otto Architects designed light fixtures from black gas pipe. Delicate, yet industrial-looking, the black, worn texture of the pipe complements the rustic look of the design.
5. Craftsman-Built Art Studio / salvaged window & window sashes
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