Landis Construction Coporation

May 2013

Chrysalis Award Winning Project Residential Specialty Item Our client had been in their Craftsman/Cottage home in Maryland for about a year. They were ready to revitalize the interior and incorporate their contemporary sense of style into their home. The New Zealander husband and wife, originally from Cincinnati, are both well versed in the visual arts and were willing to think creatively. We were asked to design custom built-in furniture pieces to showcase their art and their library which would integrate with the overall aesthetic of their new interior. They were also working with an interior designer who was using playful, rich colors and mid-century modern and modern furniture to mix with their items collected from around the world. For their 130 sq. ft. library/reading room immediately to the right of the entrance foyer, our designer proposed using Piet Mondrian, an early 20th century artist and leading Bauhaus thinker, as a style reference. The couple told our designer "we love color, uncluttered clean lines, and we're looking for an original way to display items we've collected around the world over the years." Our designer started sketching wall elevations based on principles developed by Mondrian. The couple was intrigued and felt it was a perfect solution to their tastes and needs.

$15k

Washington, DC

Mar 2013

Chrysalis Award Winning Project Best Green Remodeling Project The owners of this 1967 brick ranch house wanted house green materials and practices in a whole-house remodeling project that included reconfiguring both floors of their family home. They chose our company because it has extensive experience in green remodeling. We try to match the green features with the needs and wishes of clients. Green features: A vertical closed loop geothermal system. The well-drilling subcontractor dug three 6-inch diameter, 400-feet deep holes in the front yard. Each well works with a different zone in the house. There are eighty 4-feet by 2-feet photo voltaic panels on the south-facing roof of the main house, and on the garage. The solar energy covers about 25% to 30% of the home's energy use. The rest is sold back to the utility company. Inverters in the garage convert the DC to AC

$1.5m

Washington, DC

May 2013

Chrysalis Award Winning Project Residential Universal Design We recently completed a multi-phase renovation of a ground level condominium in Washington's Cathedral Heights neighborhood. We made the couple's home, including the patio, handicap-accessible for the wife, who uses a wheelchair. The universal design elements will also be helpful for the husband. The wife is an artist and loves color. One of her clearly stated objectives was that nothing should look institutional. We renovated the 1960's era kitchen a few years ago. In that first phase, we widened the space between the cabinets to 42-inches and moved and widened the door to 36-inches. Both of these improvements provide more space for negotiating the small space. Installing shallower cabinets had a secondary benefit of making items in the cabinets easier to reach. Widening the hallways to 42-inches required relocating closets. The second bedroom in the home is used as a studio, so the closets were removed and closets added to the master bedroom. The existing sliding doors to the garden sit on a frame that is two-inches above the living room floor. In addition to building a ramp to garden, we also had to install a threshold ramp so that the wheelchair could be rolled through the patio door and down the ramp to the outdoors.

Washington, DC

Apr 2013

Chrysalis Award Winning Project Commercial Remodel This private school in Washington D.C. needed to update two rooms-a multi-purpose room and a music room- to better suit the needs of the students, who range from kindergarten age through high school. The multi-purpose room's low 8-foot ceilings made it feel small. We removed the drop ceiling and cleaned up the mechanical and electrical systems, leaving them exposed. The renovation also incorporated an adjacent hallway and storage room. The new 10-foot ceiling height is more pleasing and proportional to the expanded room. Through the food isn't prepared in the multi-purpose room, students eat lunch there and the school needed a more efficient place to distribute the catered meals. We replaced the original sink in a laminate countertop with a more efficient angled solid surface counter. One side of the counter has a clean-up/recycling station. White subway tile is classic choice for the backsplash-one that works well with the modern white cabinets and bold red accents. The covering is 12x12 Marmoleum tiles, a green produced that is resilient enough to hold up traffic and fit the school's tight budget. Using Ikea cabinets, instead of custom cabinetry, helped us achieve additional budget and time savings.

Washington, DC