A glass-clad lobby marks the grand entrance to the two-story up to date in McLean, Virginia.
A pair constructing a high-end up to date home near the Potomac River close to Washington, D.C., had distinct concepts about what it must be. One individual favored a Moroccan courtyard-style design; the opposite wished a sustainable and well-built house.
It will be as much as the architects to make it work—they usually did, spectacularly.
Sliding mesh screens separate the reception corridor from the good room.
“Our response was to create a big, delicate and clear interior core of metal, glass and zinc, flanked with two sturdy concrete wings, stucco-clad, containing the non-public areas,” says the website for McInturff Architects based mostly in Bethesda, Maryland. “All three components share a standard width and structural rhythm.”
The award-winning constructing at 410 Chain Bridge Road in McLean, Virginia, was designed by architect Mark McInturff and his group and constructed by Added Dimensions Constructions.
Partitions of glass carry views of tranquil greenery into the lounge.
The five-bedroom house in-built 2016 comprises 8,367 sq. toes of inside house in a balanced trio of containers. The Potomac Valley chapter of the American Institute of Architects gave the house a design award in 2018.
It’s now in the marketplace for $9.2 million.
A ship-shaped heart island appears becoming for a house close to the Potomac River.
Skylights and floor-to-ceiling home windows create an ethereal, light-filled environment. It’s a hanging house appropriate for entertaining in and out—all the things from informal outside gatherings to formal occasions.
The dramatic glass facade is centered on a big front room as an alternative of a courtyard (a nod to native climate) that “fully opens by means of partitions of sliding glass doorways to a porch, pool and terraces resulting in the wooded ravine beneath,” the web site says. Sustainable accents, equivalent to wooden louvers and motorized shades that supply safety from the solar in addition to privateness, have been woven seamlessly into the house’s particulars.
Pure mild brightens the work house within the house workplace.
Inside the first degree, the good room with 25-foot ceilings and a chandelier studded with Swarovski crystals units a classy European tone. Off the good room, there’s a proper eating space in a single wing and a media room within the different.
The kitchen, positioned towards the again of the home, has high home equipment in addition to a smooth, wood-topped island with curves that resemble a ship. It was constructed by European kitchen firm Alno. Flooring mix three components: white oak, white limestone and polished concrete.
An intimate household room/den off the good room includes a hearth.
Upstairs, the first bed room takes up a complete wing. It comes with a sitting space, walk-in closet and two loos that includes a soaking tub and steam bathe. Different bedrooms are positioned within the reverse wing.
Exterior, mature bushes flank the entrance and backyards. The landscaped yard overlooks a creek and features a travertine lounge patio with a fuel hearth pit and barbecue station. There’s additionally a saltwater infinity swimming pool in addition to an elevator, health club and a number of other patios.
An expansive patio, smooth swimming pool and swath of garden fill the again yard.
Who may be available in the market for this house?
Itemizing agent Fouad Talout of Long & Foster Real Estate thinks the customer will likely be somebody who appreciates the structure of the “sturdy fortress in its design and sturdiness.”
