No Barbarians at the Gates

The New Canaan Advertiser reports that Mark Markiewicz, a local architect, has one a Connecticut AIA award for revisions he made to a house designed by Frederick Gates. The house is on Ponus Ridge and the addition and renovation for which he was given the award is actually his own house.



The addition, a two bedroom in-law appartment, was made possible vy changes in the town's planning and zoning rules that allow for the addition of an in-law space provided that it is under 2000sqft and is physically attached to the primary structure.

This new regulation, passed in 2005, gives those of us who value mid-century modernism cause for hope as it addresses the need to expand some of the smaller moderns. Looking at the addition made by Toshiko Mori at Breuer III on West Rd and those made by David Hotson on Lee II over on Chichester one can see the value in expansion rather than destruction.

For more on Mark Markiewicz's house see the Advertiser's Article here.