This 1855 Greek Revival home is in Strongsville, Ohio. The owners desired a renovation and a range of alterations to improve the functional layout, remedy structural issues, expand living space, and address (within budgetary constraints) issues of preservation. 

The project approach considered the established rapport between architect and owner, and anticipated that questions encountered during construction could be handled through verbal conversation and field sketches as readily as hardline drafted details. 

The first design move entailed lifting the gable end of the existing home to allow more volume in a master bedroom suite.  The second consisted of a new garage with a suite above for the couple’s son.  This evolved from its first rendition as a gambrel with multiple dormers into a cleaner form with a cross-gambrel.  The project is on hold, pending the owner’s next decisions with the property.