Description For our clients’ vacation home in New Hampshire’s ski country, we designed a new garage with a welcoming entrance and functional mudroom. The new saltbox-style one-car garage is separated from the house by a new entry/mudroom at the scale of a traditional breezeway. The garage is large enough for ample outdoor equipment storage, but …
Description In 1852, ship Captain John Sears proudly built his house in the fashionable Greek Revival style. By that time, the village of East Dennis on Cape Cod Bay had been settled by the English for two centuries and by the Wampanoag for centuries before that. Set behind mature maples, the Capt. Sears House had …
Description Lewisburg Pennsylvania is an historic market town and county seat along the banks of the Susquehanna River. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Lewisburg’s central business district is surrounded by residential neighborhoods rich in post-Civil War architectural heritage. Our clients purchased their unique corner-lot house and carriage house with the intent of …
Description Rather than renovating their existing kitchen, the owners took the opportunity to expand their home’s year-round living space by repurposing an existing porch. The resulting design solution takes advantage of its natural setting to provide a functional kitchen and daylit sitting room nestled among the treetops. Gallery Before & After
Description Adding an attached garage presented design challenges on the exterior and interior of this well-preserved Victorian. Our solution nestles the garage tightly into the sloping grade, blending into the home’s asymmetrical massing. The garage roof is crowned with railings and trimwork to match existing porches while adding a rooftop deck for dining and entertaining, …
Description When the grandchildren visit they now have a “treehouse” to play in, a sunny new family space just off the kitchen, with spectacular views to sea and land in all directions. Torrey Architecture designed this pop-up second story over the existing garage, returning a decade after the original renovations to add living space without …
Description The new owners of this city garden apartment found its modernist heritage appealing but agreed that its layout and finishes needed an overhaul. Torrey Architecture enhanced the best features of this two-level condominium by opening up narrow interior spaces to take advantage of natural light from the new perimeter windows. A tight galley kitchen …
Description When a family loves its neighborhood but is outgrowing its house, the choices become clear: a) continue to cope with increasingly tight quarters, b) sell the house and move to a larger one, or c) expand the house to meet its full potential. The homeowners who retained Torrey Architecture to plan this renovation/addition in …
Description Before Torrey Architecture’s transformational design, the 1½ story upper unit of this traditional 2-family residence was a series of separated spaces opening into a central living room. Now the stair hall, dining room, kitchen and living room are all connected for a spacious light-filled living environment. Room uses have been relocated, generous storage and …
Description This one-of-a-kind masonry villa on a steeply sloping site was originally designed by an Italian architectural professor to house the Italian consulate of Boston. Our design work for a growing family transformed the kitchen, bedrooms, baths and four fireplaces to take advantage of the home’s spectacular views and idiosyncratic spaces. To tie the lower …