Suburban Pied-a-Terre

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A retired couple, looking to down size, purchased the mansard attic space of a historically significant mixed-use building which overlooked a busy suburban business district. Their request was to accommodate their extensive art collection, provide an outdoor setting to read or enjoy a cup of coffee, but most of all to “Wow” them when they came home.

Suburban Pied-a-Terre

A travertine Dining Room floor floats within the exposed structural steel frame, in front of a small “Juliet” balcony, carved out of the mansard roof to flood the space with light.