The Abes Residence is a new-build single family residence within Atlanta’s historic Morningside neighborhood. Custom designed for a family desiring more free living, the house employs clean geometry and minimalistic finishing for a laid-back yet elegant living environment. Generously sized common areas abundantly exposed to the exterior promote an active, healthy lifestyle and take full advantage of the site’s unique natural characteristics. The house’s volumetric arrangement shifts and transforms in response to the stream buffer, significant bilateral topography, and heritage trees throughout the rear of the property while maintaining a unified street facade. The result is a commanding yet restrained presence that hints at the underlying geometric complexities demanding of the site. Primary materiality of wood and brick reference the neighborhood’s historic vernacular – reinterpreted through modern detailing and a monochromatic palette for contemporary relevance and longstanding timelessness. Sharp accents of smooth composite panels, formed metal shadow boxes, and low-profile drainage trim cleanly finish the composition. Abes residence was completed in September 2020.

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