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Bannockburn Shingle Style

This 5,500 square foot house on 6.25 acres reconsiders the Shingle Style and incorporates some of its elements with more traditional farmhouse elements. 

The first floor includes the formal and informal living spaces, as well as the master suite. Careful consideration was taken in locating the house on the property in order to preserve as many of the mature trees on the site. It is set 370 feet back from the street allowing for a meandering driveway to the house. The siting of the house and the entry sequence encourages a full experience of the home. Some wetlands areas on the site also required attention during the siting of the home.

The main vertical circulation space is housed in a two story glazed ‘tower’ featuring a staircase made of steel, wood and woven leather railings wrapping a stone clad chimney.  The master suite includes a sunroom with windows on three sides affording a quiet respite from the main family activity of the first floor. 

Materials were carefully chosen to enhance the naturalistic feel of the home as well as to offer low maintenance due to the wooded nature of the site.  For example, a cementitious fiber shingle was selected instead of cedar shingle for the cladding of the house due to its high resistance to rot, insects, and warping.  A standing seam metal roof, typically found on a country house, was also selected over a cedar shake roof for the same reasons: longevity and low maintenance.

Stone cladding was brought in from Vermont for the base course, garden walls and patio surfaces.  Interior first floors are all stone. Informal living areas are finished in a quartzite and formal living/dining are ‘stone’ wood in a herringbone pattern.

2045 West Grand Avenue • Chicago Illinois, 60612
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