2009 AIA OMAHA ARCHITECTS' HOME TOUR
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Henricks Residence
617 Fairacres Road Omaha, NE AIA Omaha Architect: Suzan Karrer Rohrig, AIA A complete renovation & addition to late 1940’s John Hyde designed home in Fairacres neighborhood. Basically every room in the house was redecorated, remodeled or completely new. The client, Gregor Henricks, is an Architectural Interior Designer. His great taste and eye for design helped to bring a great richness to the home. The site posed a challenge. The spaces required by the clients, filled the site to capacity. The architect’s challenge was to control the massing of the addition and comply with zoning requirements while maintaining an appropriate scale for the neighborhood. Some creative details had to be used to create that effect. The home lives comfortably with its surroundings. The home’s shingle style exterior has an orderly, comfortable charm with casual dignity. Some of the design goals were to retain the spirit of original design & focus on optimizing flow and ease of movement through the house. A theme of design elements in quarters (2 over 2 windows, roof vents, porch railings, etc) were used to unify design. Good detail is the key; the sum of the details creates a successful, interesting, cohesive project. |
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Hamilton Residence
831 North 89th Circle Omaha, NE AIA Omaha Architect: Michael P. Hamilton, AIA House designed in 1960 by architect John Hyde Jr. for the founder of Peony Park. This house was originally built as a lodge for horse trails that existed on his estate. Later in the 60’s his adjacent property was developed as residential at the same time Regency was being developed. There still remains a hitching post out front. In the 80’s the house had some additions and renovations making it larger. The current owner, architect Michael P. Hamilton, is remodeling/modernizing the house in an effort to bring the various additions into a cohesive structure. As Michael and his wife Candace were searching for flooring material they thought about an old popular bowling alley and music venue called the Ranch Bowl, which at the time was slated for demolition for a wall mart. They contracted with Wall Mart to remove the maple bowling lanes and used that wood as their primary flooring material in the bedrooms. The west elevation is being screened using 2”x2” cedar for shading and to unite the disparate additions. |
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801 Green Home
801 South 80th Street Omaha, NE AIA Omaha Architect: Jeff Dolezal, AIA An environmentally conscious client wanted a sustainable new home designed around an existing Oak Tree. The solution was to organize the house around the tree into two bars – one for garage/bedrooms and the other for living/master suite. The house is currently in the USGBC LEED for Homes certification process with a goal of attaining Gold Certification. The owner desired the architectural character to be a balance of arts & crafts with a modern open interior. The architect designed and fabricated the steel for the main stair-vertical railings, which were inspired by grape vines. The architect also designed and fabricated the light fixtures above the kitchen and master suite. |
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Tipp Residence
11918 North 176th Circle Bennington, NE AIA Omaha Architect: Randy Brown, FAIA "Everyone can use a good piece of eyewear.” This statement, made to the architects during the design process of a 3,000 square foot house for a designer of an internationally renowned line of eyewear, confirmed the fit of an architect and client reflecting a viewpoint that everyone should have access to good design. The site, located on a lake, posed an opportunity to allow the house to be a viewing device for the landscape. This device is aggressively positioned toward the surroundings while simultaneously acting as a filter from the lake to the public/private portions of the house. Just as the client talks of fitting eyeglasses to the head, the positioning of the house on the site and the user’s movement through it evokes an awareness of the ground plane and the user’s removal and reconnection to it. The client’s language and ideas of material and tectonics were an impetus to creating a tectonic language of folding, framing, and transitional transparency throughout the house. This language assisted in addressing issues such as western exposure to sunlight, while not taking away from the potential of the architecture to celebrate the views. Scrim walls and custom sliding doors create flexibility and allow for a desired amount of day-lighting. |
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Synthesis
8304 South 38th Street Bellevue, NE AIA Omaha Architect: Jeremy Carlson, Assoc. AIA The goal of this home was to distinguish the major areas of today’s house/home, then separate the primary elements into clear distinct areas and combine them into a coherent whole. On the exterior, Hardiplank siding has a striking resemblance to wood siding while conserving timber and possesses attributes far superior to wood and vinyl. Low-emission glass allows sunlight in, while blocking heat from leaving the room. Trex decking uses pre- and post-consumer recycled wood and plastic; which lasts longer than wood, and reduces the need for tree lumber. Bamboo floors only takes five years to replenish where lumbered trees can take more than 20 years to regrow. A rain garden gathers rainwater and lets it percolate slowly back into ground,eliminating storm water run off. An 18 Seer heat pump is a more efficient heat pump that uses less energy. |
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