Banbury Residence

Raleigh, NC, United States

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Banbury Residence

Raleigh, NC, United States

Type

Residential › Private House

YEAR

2007

The Banbury Residence site consists of 2 adjacent lots. The corner lot contained a duplex the owners’
once rented out but were then living in, while the other lot was open green
space. The owners’ desire was to
demolish the failing duplex structure, and build their first home across both
lots.
Four things were of great importance…entertaining, room for
growth, separation of public and private and having a traditional exterior facade.
Both partners entertain regularly and on a larger scale than
most. With there being more warm days
than cool here in North Carolina, I wanted to create and outdoor room by
encapsulating and protecting it with all the others. A U-shaped plan became an early parti that
would remain through project completion.

The first floor is about entertainment; therefore free flow between
spaces became very important. This was
accomplished by singly loading the L-shaped hall and bounding its exterior face
with glazed doors. This allows not only
a constant visual connection between interior spaces, but it also physically
connects interior to exterior allowing for several entertaining options.

The plan evolved to become 2-stories giving separation
between 1st floor public and 2nd floor private spaces. The L-shaped main house is bounded to the
west by a garage and 2nd story bonus room above, which completed the
3rd side of the home’s main room.
A screened area acts as the transition between inside and out, and when
all doors are open allows the two to become one. All spaces on the 1st floor have
immediate view and access to this main outdoor room, but are shaded from the sun’s
direct southern exposure. By design the
2nd story bedrooms do not have direct visual access to the the main exterior
space, but the two extra bedrooms borrow natural light that initially enters
through a series of windows along the main hall. Light fills the hall then filters in to the bedrooms
through interior windows located in their southern walls. Along with the bonus room and extra bedrooms,
the private 2nd story also houses the master wing and shared sunroom
on the western leg of its L-shaped plan.

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Banbury Residence

Raleigh, NC, United States

Banbury Residence

Raleigh, NC, United States

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