2024-11-15T21:32:33-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/23767609/a-bridge-just-far-enough Nam Henderson 2011-10-13T14:28:20-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nf/nf528rqwywprnp2s.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>working with Bob Duncan, an architect with the Burlington firm Duncan-Wisniewski, the couple came up with the bridge house. It is built in such a way that the bridge might one day be removed and, with the addition of a kitchen, it could function as two separate houses &mdash; the smaller one being the sort of house Ms. Lanahan says she might want if she eventually found herself an elderly lady on her own.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Joyce Wadler interviews two Vermont artists, Eleanor Lanahan and John Douglas who recently moved in together, though they have dated for 18 years.&nbsp;However, in order to facilitate the move, their idiosyncratic spatial/studio needs and divergent aesthetic approaches, they ultimately built an addition for Mr. Douglas, with two bedrooms and a bathroom, that is connected to Ms. Lanahan&rsquo;s house by &nbsp;a 20-foot bridge.</p>