New plaster ceilings and state-of-the-art windows grace the living room while preserving its original style.
It just so happens that this modern 1960 DC home—one of only three residences that I.M. Pei designed—occupies a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. So when the owners enlisted architect Robert Gurney to restore and expand it, he paid homage to Pei’s iconic design. The redo stripped the structure down to its brick walls, wood frame and triple-barrel-vaulted roof. Then it was rebuilt to include updated HVAC and electrical systems as well as the streamlined kitchen and minimalist millwork. An excavation made way for a new guest suite and media room. And an office and garage were introduced in a new two-story outbuilding that conveys its own architectural language, leaving Pei’s original to live on, better than ever.
Architecture: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, principal; Matt Stephens, project architect, Robert M. Gurney, FAIA Architect. Interior Design: Baron Gurney Interiors, LLC. Builder: Peterson + Collins. Landscape Architecture: Campion Hruby Landscape Architects.