House on College Hill

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House on College Hill

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Friedrich St. Florian Architects

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Residential › Private House

The following description is excerpted from a review in the Providence Journal by William Morgan.The crisp and elegant new house on the western slope of College Hill is one of the most unabashedly modern statements seen in Providence in years. This spare composition brings real design confidence to a neighborhood that has struggled to find appropriate compatible styles.Sheathed in white cedar and taupe-tinted cement board, the 3000 square foot house has two faces, both in a disciplined Modern vocabulary. There is the calm, public face with a two-car garage; only the brushed aluminum windows of a study on the second story suggest the private world behind the politely secure front. The sidelight flanking the entrance door gives a teasing hint of the grand view beyond while suggesting the house’s truer transparent nature. The wood and the cement board contribute a strong horizontality, corners are unaccented, the roof appears flat: simplicity itself. But the fully glazed downhill side is more ebullient, recalling early 20th Century abstract art.Style does not preclude practicality, and the interior plan is thoroughly sensible. A master bedroom, a study, and a pair of bathrooms make up the second floor, while there are guest quarters and an exercise room on the lower level. But the heart of the house is the floor in between—an open piano nobile of living/dining/kitchen space, all sharing the spectacular panoramic view of the State House, downtown Providence, and westward to the setting sun. The precipitous drop toward Benefit Street elevates the living space so it feels like an aerie, a very private perch from which to view the world.

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