Announcements

 

Three Maples  

2011 Prism Award for Best Remodeling/Restoration 
Over $500,000.  

   

 This stick-style Queen Anne home was originally built in 1894 for Gardiner Greene Hubbard, the first president of National Geographic Magazine.  His daughter, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard was married in the garden to Alexander Graham Bell.  At a later time in history, the house was owned by Woodrow Wilson's daughter.

To better accommodate a young active family the house was renovated. The project scope included demolition of a small kitchen and replacing it with a gable-ended addition, converting an upstairs office into a master bathroom/bedroom suite, renovation of all bathrooms, refinishing woodwork and adding millwork details throughout the house; enhancing closets; and excavating a couple of feet beneath the house to create a family room and guest suite with 10' high ceilings. 

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Balinese Suite

2011 Dream Home Award
Best Bathroom Remodel 

   

Inspiration for this serene master bathroom came from the homeowners’ love of Bali. Meyer & Meyer, known for their artistically innovative designs incorporated many unique artifacts from the owners’ travels. Sapele wood was used on the floors, walls, vanities, and ceilings. Countertops and the shower walls are black Vermont slate. The suite features a yoga studio surrounded by benches adorned with richly embroidered Balinese pillows. A fireplace of rough hewn granite featuring an inlaid carved limestone relic depicting an ancient ceremony adds warmth. An antique door, heavily carved with Indonesian designs is mounted to a cabinet door housing yoga mats. The scented natural fiber blinds filter light adding a spiritual atmosphere. 

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Meyer & Meyer welcomes Ryan Marshall who holds a Master in Architecture from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and who is the recipient of the AIA Chicago Benn-Johnck Student Award.