House in Mountain Brook
In 1950, a small but pioneering modern house was built in Mountain Brook, Alabama – not a typical thing in that place at that time. By 2017 it was dilapidated, presumably a ‘tear down’ sure to be replaced by a predictable McMansion. It was bought, however, by a couple interested in its mid-century bones. Tasked with doubling its size, C+H placed the new addition a distance away, reaching over to delicately link with the old, careful not to injure the thing it touched. The old bones were edited and restored to create a new open plan space in the same spirit as the original.
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_03.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_13.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_05.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_07.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_06.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_10.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_11.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_15.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_09.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_16.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_17.jpg)
![](https://sbcharch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MBH_14.jpg)
House in Mountain Brook
Mountain Brook, AL
photo credit: Phillip Spears
1,800 sf existing house + 1,800 sf addition
2019 AIA Georgia Excellence Award