Taalman Architecture, Terremoto, and interior designer Kathryn McCullough honor the past while transforming a compact Mount Washington cabin into a family retreat.
“We were looking for a tiny house on a big lot,” says designer Kathryn McCullough—and she and her husband, Andrew Bulbrook, found just the place in this 1955 cabin in the quiet, nature-filled Mount Washington neighborhood.
Architect Linda Taalman worked with landscape architecture studio Terremoto and homeowners Kathryn McCullough and Andrew Bulbrook to revamp and expand this 1955 cabin in the woods of Mount Washington. “The intention with the design was to have a conversation with Kemper Nomland, Jr. who was the original architect, by experimenting with the wood framing and ceiling plane,” says Taalman.
Photo: JESSE GILLAN
In addition to expanding the main house, the renovation added an ADU, which was converted from an existing carport. “Linda was clear from the beginning that she didn’t want to imitate the original home,” Kathryn says of the additions. “She wanted to shift the language so it was something fresh and new.”
Photo: JESSE GILLAN
Originally designed by architect Kemper Nomland Jr., who designed Case Study House #10 in Pasadena with his father, the compact 850-square-foot home needed some updates and additional space for their growing family, but Kathryn and Andrew saw the midcentury house as the ideal starting point.
The property totals almost one-third of an acre, so the team worked with Terremoto on a landscape scheme, which included adding a new pool. “We wanted to create a dynamic, free-flowing movement through the site that gave different zones for different activities as a continuous flow,” says Taalman.
Photo: JESSE GILLAN
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