Loggia Project

Stripping away a leaky 1980’s modern addition to an early 20th century stone cottage.

Greenwich, CT.

The site is a former potting shed and groundskeeper cottage, a fieldstone outbuilding for an early 1900’s estate. In 1983 the cottage was converted into a primary residence through the addition of a loggia/dining and bedroom wing.

The 2009 project is a response to the perpetually leaky “dead flat” roof covering the 1983 loggia addition. While solving flashing conditions, the new single-slope roof simplifies the lines of the various additions in order to re-foreground the nobility of the original stone cottage.

The modern addition will not only receive a new roof, but its footprint is to be extended along the foundation of a previously demolished green house. The intent is to create a light-filled complement to the cozy interiors of the existing cottage. All glazing to be updated to reflect innovations in energy efficiency.