Category: Residential

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Radnor Residence

January 30, 2018

ARCHITECT CHARLES PLATT (1861-1933) designed the neighboring Griswald Residence in 1912 with a large garden pavilion as the focal point of his characteristically Italianate garden design. With the deprivations of the...Read More
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Charles Allen Residence

January 30, 2018

A THOROUGH UPDATE was made to this 1934 home designed by Philadelphia architect R. Brognard Okie, known for his intensive reinterpretation of classic Pennsylvania 18th century millwork. Okie’s houses reflect a...Read More
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Mine Road Farm

January 30, 2018

IN THE 1930’s, when renowned local architect Walter K. Durham designed a major renovation and addition to this stone colonial in Chester County, the house was already more than two...Read More
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Maple Hill Barn

January 30, 2018

THE COMPLETE RENOVATION of a late 19th century barn was part of a comprehensive property plan encompassing 20 acres formerly owned by Main Line architect Walter Durham (1896-1976). The structure was...Read More
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Clarke Residence

January 30, 2018

LEGENDARY ARCHITECT WILLIAM L. PRICE designed this home in 1901 for Louis Clarke, the founder of the Autocar Manufacturing Co. Using historic photographs, a strong understanding of the period and...Read More
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Bryn Mawr Renovation

January 30, 2018

CONSIDERED FOR DEMOLITION, this c. 1950 house sited on a 4-acre sloped and overgrown property was recovered and restored, with major renovations and additions. Extending in every direction, the additions...Read More
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Bryn Coed Farm

January 30, 2018

THE RESIDENCE OF U.S. Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts (1875-1955) was meticulously renovated and expanded by notable Philadelphia architect R. Brognard Okie in the 1930’s as his refuge from...Read More
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Haverford Residence

January 30, 2018

SITED ON TWO ACRES on Philadelphia’s main line, a c.1920’s stone home receives an addition and partial interior renovation to bring it to the level of functionality expected in a...Read More
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Bright Barn

January 30, 2018

THE DIMINUTIVE 18TH CENTURY Pyle House and 1888 BANK BARN are the backdrops for the home and sculpture studio of a local artist. The challenge was linking the two buildings with an...Read More
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Sunny High Residence

January 30, 2018

SUNNY HIGH, the 1902 arts and crafts inspired tudor home designed by Francis Gugert, was purchased by a young family wanting the character of an old Main Line Philadelphia home along...Read More
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Fairfield Residence

January 30, 2018

Portfolio: Fairfield Residence FAIRFIELD WAS DESIGNED IN 1900 by its then owner, John Torrey Windram, the architect of the Philadelphia Waterworks. The high Georgian brick residence expanded on three occasions,...Read More
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Centerville Residence

January 30, 2018

BUILT IN THE ROLLING HILLS of the Delaware countryside, the house is designed in the style of an English country home, with an expansive main residence and a carriage house...Read More
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Gladwyne Residence

January 30, 2018

Portfolio: Gladwyne Residence Architectural Design THIS NEW 7,800 SF HOME was designed to meet the lifestyle and technological needs and desires of the owners while at the same time being...Read More
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Tasmania Residence

January 30, 2018

SITUATED AMID the sleeping beauty mountain range in Tasmania, Australia, this new 7,500 SF heavy timber structure home, clad in local stone with a clay roof, has the appeal of...Read More
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Main Line Residence

January 30, 2018

ORIGINALLY FROM AUSTRIA, the home owners wished to marry their desire for a modern aesthetic with the more traditional architecture of the surrounding Main Line Philadelphia community. The design of...Read More
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Arts & Crafts Residence

January 30, 2018

Portfolio: Arts & Crafts Residence BUILT WITHIN THE CONFINES of a demolished 19th c. country house with magnificent views overlooking acres of undisturbed meadow and backed by dense woods, this...Read More
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Villanova Residence

January 30, 2018

AS A REFLECTION of childhood Chester County farm memories, this new residence was designed in the spirit of architect R. Brognard Okie’s (1875 – 1945) Arts and Crafts interpretation of...Read More
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Lutyens-Inspired Residence

January 30, 2018

THIS LEWISBURG COUNTRYSIDE possesses a lush rolling landscape reminiscent of the south of England with its mix of hills and valleys, woods and meadows. The underlying impulse for this home...Read More
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Merion Residence

January 30, 2018

DESIRING A HOME to provide a lifetime of enjoyment for family and relatives, our clients approached us with a request to design a home traditional in appearance, but with modern...Read More
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Canary Cottage

January 30, 2018

THE INSPIRATION OF R. BROGNARD OKIE permeates this new house, from wide-board details, salvaged cabinet doors, and bead board walls to the inglenook that invites one to light a fire...Read More
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Leaning Timber Haus

January 30, 2018

SITED ON A HILLTOP overlooking a 2-acre property, this contemporary residence has a Zen-like, quiet feel at the approach but expands toward the garden to provide for outdoor living and entertaining....Read More
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Home Bred Farm

January 30, 2018

SITUATED ON AN 11.5 ACRE FARM, the home – with an implied sense of a restored or renovated barn but also representing the aesthetic of traditional Main Line Philadelphia residences...Read More
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Fox Hill Farm

January 26, 2018

THE FOX HILL FARM RESIDENCE is a replacement of an earlier house that no longer met contemporary living needs, though the placement and surrounding arboretum were ideal.   By respecting the site,...Read More
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