PRIVATE RESIDENCE – OHIO                                                                                                                                        1

Architecture and Interior Design of a Private Residence located in an eastern suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.  The house is generally ‘U’ shaped in plan, creating an exterior courtyard which is visible from all spaces in the house as 90% of the walls facing the courtyard are made of glass.  The continuity between interior and exterior spaces and materials is central to the design concept.  The house flows and steps with the slope of the landscape to create four living levels – each one only a few steps higher or lower in elevation than the adjacent level.

In addition to the resulting 9,000 square foot residence, the work by CR + DZ ARCHITECTS includes the complete interior design.  The custom design and specification of all interior finishes, furniture (built-in and freestanding), hardware, lighting design, miscellaneous furnishings, accessories, and artwork selections throughout the residence were all handled by the CALR office.

CR + DZ also designed the landscape of the courtyard and main entrance grounds, both of which communicate strongly and intimately with the interior spaces.  These exterior spaces feature a reflecting pond, stepping terraces surfaced with custom bluestone pavers, four Japanese inspired rock gardens for viewing, and all new plantings.  Landscape structures were designed for the courtyard such as the steel and ipe wood ‘tea house’ for intimate outdoor dining, the open air pavilions and trellises for large scale outdoor entertainment (which form the fourth transparent side to the courtyard), an outdoor kitchen screened from view by a floating ipe wood plane, a stepped steel and ipe wood bridge structure connecting the lower terrace with the poolhouse structure, and an upper play terrace for the grandchildren.