Dwell Blog
This home in Ann Arbor, Michigan, contains both living and work spaces for architect Karl Daubmann and his wife, Ji Hye Kim. PLY Architecture built a modern addition for a traditional house in a historic district, preserving the original Michigan farmhouse while wrapping the addition around the side and back of the home...
The addition provides room for both Daubmann's family and the firm's headquarters. The building also takes full advantage of the site's natural beauty, creating a backyard courtyard in the spaces between the structures.
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Wow - The first pictures made me really like it...
...then I saw how it relates to the original structure - It doesn't.
They should have just built an entirely new house.
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I agree, bepsf. That addition, although gorgeous and functional and "Dwell"-y, should have been an entirely different building. The architecture doesn't match in their "historic neighbourhood".
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The sad part is there are some awesome neighborhoods that this would have fit in beautifully. I feel sorry for their neighbors.
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i live in ann arbor. i think this is nice, seeing that most homes are taken over by bmw driving grad students or asses in general. i commend them for this. i wish i was an architect......
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they should put a big red bow on it and act like it is a present for someone. It may make the neighbors feel like it will be leaving sometime soon.
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Nice addition, but being an architectâ¦I would expect a more conscious effort in blending modern aesthetics into a historic district.
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Karl - looks great! Wonderful seeing you do so well!
Hilary Tony
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I'm wondering where this is. I haven't been up Miller in a long time and the street scape looks like Miller or maybe the Spring Street area. I can't imagine they would have gotten this past the Old West Side Historic Preservation committee or whatever it's called. It would fit in one of those little side streets with the mid century subdivisions off of Geddes or Washtenaw.
Too bad they had to take the picture in the months of winter we have, but maybe it the green of the trees, grass, house and addition would have been too much.
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Yeah, because that traditional front was really worth saving. Seriously folks - just because something is OLD doesnt mean that its GOOD. While I agree that some preservation efforts should be made for truly significant buildings there is nothing wrong with updating an existing structure to reflect the current times. And if the neighbors don't like it - they can move.
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hey...
does anyone know the street address of this house...
i really wanna check it out
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