Comments on: Judkins v. Context Pt. 2

By: Chavi

Chavi — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:57:28 +0000

Ok – why are you picking on 26th Ave? The original owner/builder of this home has gone on and built some really interesting built green developments in this city. He started experimenting with found and reclaimed materials in this home. Even though the homes are attached one has to look to notice that they are attached.

By: kjade

kjade — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:57:09 +0000

i live right by this house, and there’s actually another on just up the street a block or two. the other house is actually a bit more striking because it’s a gingerbread-looking purple and grey monstrosity attached to one of those modern-pb-elemental-esque-townhouse-looking buildings.

i don’t mind it. i feel like variety is the spice of my neighborhood.

By: Cliffe

Cliffe — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:53:50 +0000

Tasteful when you think that it’s standalone. Fits in with what’s around it? Oh ya?

By: matt wright

matt wright — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:16:03 +0000

The contrast is really pretty startling I have to say. Not my first choice I have to say, but lets face it, in this day and age it could have ended up A LOT worse..

By: david

david — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:02:34 +0000

I like this a lot, looks interesting, fits in with what’s around it. You said it best “a tasteful modern piece of new-construction.” So why pick on them? It clearly could have a been a lot worse so lets give them some credit.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:24:51 +0000

I don’t understand why they don’t paint it the same shade of red as the house. I think it would decrease its “sore thumb” status immensely.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:44:19 +0000

I have walked past this a couple of times and was a bit startled to see that they were attached, especially since they are apparently two separate residences. I don’t think I would like this configuration for ME because I am kind of a purist when it comes to older houses in particular. But I do think that the way this was done is tasteful — it would have been much worse if for example the roof of the original 1904 was taken off and the modern looking structure built on top as an addition. That kind of Frankenstein arrangement bothers me.

There is a house on 15th Ave on Capitol Hill just east across the street from Volunteer Park where they lifted the original roof off a turn of the century four-square home and built a 3rd story semi-modern additional that just ruins the proportion and look of the house. That kind of remodel/addition just does bother me.

By: striatic

striatic — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:35:54 +0000

i like this.

the building is simple, modern, yet deferential to the existing structure, the angle of the roof sloping toward it as if to point.

the two buildings interact playfully in this manner.

By: Tom Carmony

Tom Carmony — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:13:25 +0000

I walk my dogs past this place all the time and the contrast doesn’t seem as startling in person as it does in the photos above. The homes (they’re attached, but are two residences) were actually written up in a feature in the Sunday paper’s Pacific Northwest magazine last fall.