Western Home Awards

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Sausalito, California

History with a light touch

WHA 2006 Sausalito

The new kitchen catches the light with a translucent roof.

David Wakely

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  • WHA 2006 Sausalito

     

    The street front remains unchanged with a new lower-level room opening to the side yard and creek beyond.

  • WHA 2006 Sausalito

     

    A breakfast nook adjoins the porch.

Honor Award: Remodel

Built in 1869, this home needed an updated kitchen, seismic and electrical upgrading, and more light in interior rooms.

Why it won: The simplicity of the remodel shows sensitivity to what was there before, while bringing in much more natural light. Owner and architect Mary Griffin replaced a 1920s shed-roof addition at the back with a slightly larger addition that allowed the kitchen to move out of the historic part of the house. She turned the new kitchen into a large light box with a translucent roof made of aluminum-and-fiberglass Kalwall panels. Widened openings between the major rooms further brighten the interior.

Design: Turnbull Griffin Haesloop Architects, Berkeley (510/841-9000)

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