Altamont House

Reimagining a 1920s downtown house to include its garden spaces

COMPLETED

2017

LOCATION

Charlottesville, Virginia 

SERVICES

Architecture
Interiors
Furnishings
Lighting Design
District Design Approval Process

TYPE

Public / Residential

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT

Grounded Landscape Architecture

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Constructure Design

GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Element Construction

Cabinetry

Vaneri Studio

METAL WORK

Brownell Metal Studio

PHOTOGRAPHY

Michael Stavaridis

Altamont House

BACKGROUND

Located on a steep site on a tight street in downtown Charlottesville, a compact addition to this 1920s traditional Charlottesville house created the opportunities for Grounded to design garden rooms that are extensions of the interior spaces.

Altamont House

Indoor-to-outdoor connections expand the sense of space

Altamont House
Altamont House

INTERIORS CONCEPT

The kitchen at the center of this house is the warmest space both in scale and in materiality.  All other public rooms of the house painted gallery white, pinwheel around the walnut-lined kitchen. Views to the quiet, spare rooms through the kitchen are enriched by the framing.

Altamont House
Altamont House

Historical features weave into the new using color

Cabinetry and furnishings in rich colors and materials pair with the clean white of the architectural elements.

Altamont House
Altamont House
Altamont House
Altamont House
Altamont House
Altamont House
Altamont House

The form, materials and color of the addition relate to the historical structure, while pattern and proportion of openings set it apart

Altamont House
Altamont House
Altamont House