Bisantz-Titus
Library
Buffalo NY
| Orchestrating
a truly rich contextual character (including a Frank Lloyd Wright
design directly across the street), this home addition adds a library
with hearth, and rear garden terrace. Commissioned by a husband and wife - both professors at a local University – the interior strove to play a poignant and intimate setting for reading off against spatial grandeur. Using a strong seating arrangement around a projecting hearth, offering unobstructed views to both the driveway and rear garden, a cloistered yet inspirational setting is laid for bookish pursuits. On the exterior, the homes stucco character is playfully woven with that of the neighboring Wright design, then driven – in the same adventurous gesture as the hearth - outward into the rear yard. Passing through two masonry piers reminiscent of those at the existing home entry, this library’s vista falls across the small flower bed. Scheduled for completion Fall 2003. |
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