Brick City House / Studio B Architecture + Interiors


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© Raul Garcia
  • Architects: Studio B Architecture + Interiors
  • Location: Denver, United States
  • Principal In Charge: Mike Piche
  • Principal : Scott Lindenau , Susan Okie Lindenau
  • Designer : Joey Pruett
  • Area: 4600.0 ft2
  • Project Year: 2016
  • Photographs: Raul Garcia
  • Contractor : Old Greenwich Builders
  • Landscape Architect: Elevate by Design

© Raul Garcia

© Raul Garcia

Text description provided by the architects. The project is located in an older Denver neighborhood consisting primarily of small scale, brick bungalows with large entry porches. By organizing the program around the interior courtyard space,


© Raul Garcia

© Raul Garcia

Ground Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

© Raul Garcia

© Raul Garcia

the building creates a defined street edge on the corner lot. Yet in opposition to many of the newer large scale and overly complex projects with generic building materials typically being constructed in the neighborhood recently, this project is a smaller, lower profile and more interpretive piece of architecture that respects the contextual urban form of its’ neighbors. It has a simple and refined palette of high quality materials consisting of handmade brick, walnut, plaster, and glass. In its urban setting with no large dominant views to the exterior, the house turns inwards toward the interior courtyard & pool with a connection to nature by focusing upwards on the sky. This concept is inspired by modern artists’ exploration into the connection of the sky, earth, and proportion.


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