Clover Hill Residence by Ravi Raj occupies historic foundry in rural New York
American studio Ravi Raj Architect has overhauled a 19th-century masonry building on a wooded New York property to create a contemporary weekend home for a pair of urban dwellers.
The Clover Hill Residence sits on a forested hillside in the town of Somers, located about an hour's drive from Manhattan. The project involved renovating an unusual house that began its life as an iron foundry in the 1890s.
The clients, Claire Benoist and Derek Kilner, live in New York City and aimed to use the dwelling as a country house. To design the renovation, they turned to their friend, Ravi Raj, who had recently launched an eponymous studio in Brooklyn after working for Adjaye Associates.
The gabled building has an interesting history. It was part of a cluster of buildings constructed for an ore mining operation. The mine closed shortly after opening for unknown reasons ? and the structures fell into disrepair. In the 1940s, three artists bought the property and converted the buildings into homes for their families. In 2017, Benoist and Kilner purchased the site's southernmost dwelling, which rises two levels and encompasses 3,250 square feet (302 square metres).
"When they first visited the house, they were immediately struck by the openness of the space enclosed by large, whitewashed brick walls with tall, framed views of surrounding trees," the architect said.
While the house needed updating, Raj and his clients wanted to preserve historic elements where possible.
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