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hil and Angela Graham have But years of wear and tear ensured that the renovation
lived an international life, would be a total gut job.
calling everywhere from New So they turned to their old friend Patrick Rowan and his
York to London home. But construction company, and the team at Pfeffer Torode,
when their daughters had both grown and an East Nashville-based architecture firm with offices in
they were considering where to finish their three cities. Some of their studios focus on residential
careers, they decided to return to Nashville architecture, and some of them focus on commercial
where Angela had grown up. architecture. Sometimes they cross-pollinate.
The couple gravitated to a 1930s, Depression-era “What we find is if you’re doing a boutique hotel, a
Tudor on Craighead. A tight urban lot — the entire site lot of that wants to respond to residentially minded
is less than a third of an acre — the original home at details in fit and finish — that sense of home away
one point had been subdivided into a duplex. from home,” says principal Jamie Pfeffer. “And if
you’re doing a very contemporary house, the detailing
“We didn’t want a grandiose home, just something The homeowners hired
beautiful and elegant and simple and comfortable,” is more akin to a commercial project than traditional Patrick Rowan to create
Southern residential architecture. So that mix keeps us
she says. a façade that looked like
very sharp, and we can apply best practices in both
Plus, the location near Music Row was ideal for Phil, directions on both kinds of projects.” the old house, complete
with the same front door,
former senior VP at BMI. one of the only original
For the Graham residence, Pfeffer wanted to recapture
“We love being centrally located, and this is friendly to the continuity of the original house while making it elements left from the
previous build.
walkers and child-friendly and pet-friendly,” she says. flow in a more usable way by using every square inch
“And we love the Fourth of July porch parties.” of the site.
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