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and pervious materials to make sure every inch of
the site from curb to back property line was carefully
considered. And Pfeffer took many opportunities to
sneak in extra dimensions, like using trim details to
downplay a larger door size.
A Nashville native, Pfeffer’s East Nashville-based firm is
in its 10th year. He had studied architecture, living and
working in other places, but he’d always had the goal
of bringing what he experienced back to Nashville.
That understanding of his hometown resulted in a
modern home for the Grahams that is respectful of the
street, and the neighborhood.
“Whether you grew up in Nashville or are just calling
Nashville home, there’s a want to be protective of
Nashville. To me, that’s working on projects that respect
Nashville but at the same time are still forward-thinking.”
In this case it was creating a house with all the energy
efficiencies, technology and sophistication available
today, but that can exist 100 years or more in a context
that is becoming of the street it’s on.
“I’m trying to walk that fence between those two
things — being very sensitive to place in context
and historic precedent, but at the same time doing
something that was really trying to look to a standard
that was beyond that street today.”NI

There is a cathedral ceiling in the master, and in the
bathroom there are large chandeliers.

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