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Cambridge Terrace

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Cambridge Terrace

A steel trellis, concrete terrace and bench create a modern and spacious outdoor room behind a typical Victorian house in Cambridge Terrace Project. The trellis provides a structure for creeping vines that will eventually shade the outdoor room but still allow light into the dining room. Peabody Terrace, a concrete housing tower designed by Jose Luis Sert in 1964, is clearly visible from the backyard and is an icon of mid-century modern concrete.

The driveway trellis is designed like a carport, not dissimilar from the many carports in Cambridge and Somerville covered in grape vines and wisteria. Large granite slabs were repurposed and set in pea stone atop a pervious sub-base that allows the driveway to act as a dry well for storm water run-off.


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Photographer

Jane Messinger

Builder

S+H Construction

Press

“Urban Oasis”, Boston Magazine
“Coastal Confluence”, Custom Builder

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