Michael Goorevich is a Nashville based architect specializing in residential design.
New Single Family Residence, Forest Hills TN
HOUSE CREDITS
Architecture: Michael Goorevich Architect, PLLC
Developer/ Builder: Giachery Lizarraga
Interior Design: Jonathan Pierce, Pierce and Co.
Landscape Design: Sari Barton
Construction Manager: Ronnie Allen
Photography: Anthony Matula - MA2LA [Brand Design + Photo + Film]
An existing 1960’s ranch style home in Middle Tennessee became the backdrop for a range of new ‘mini projects’. The resulting renovation and addition did not attempt to overtake or destroy the intent of the original home. On the contrary, every effort was made to uncover the latent potential within the existing structure; to help it become a more coherent version of itself. Reframing east and west facing panoramic views were central to the various stages of work. The East facing view overlooks a romantic, rolling landscape of hills and forest (complete with steeple on a distant hilltop), while the West facing view looked up at an amphitheater shaped hillside. From the house one looks down to the east and up to the west. The goal of our work was to open up the home in both directions and let the section of the hill pass through it. The resulting narrative was new to this existing home. Wood was deployed as the bonding material that tied the various views and assemblages together into a coherent whole. From moving screens, to millwork, facades, floors, walls, decks, windows and ultimately the wood trellis, wood was used to create unity and variety within the home. To achieve this, various species of wood were used based on their specific properties, characteristics and cost // The overall effect does not feel or look like a kaleidoscope of wood products but rather a minimal pallet of metal and glass elements tied together with wood.
NASHVILLE ADDITION CREDITS
Michael Goorevich: Architect
Fred Stephenson: General Contractor
Katy Chudacoff: Interior Design
Dan Borsos, EMC Engineering: Structural Design
Sari Barton: Plantings
Rick Deslauriers: Architectural Millwork
Gaertner Cabinetry: Architectural Millwork
Janet Wilson, Custom Draperies: Window Treatment Designer
AWARDS/ PUBLISHING
2015 Nashville Lifestyles: At Home, Spring/ Summer
2013 AIA State of Tennessee Design Excellence Award
2013 Kitchen Trends Magazine, Volume 27 No. 5
2012 AIA Middle Tennessee Design Award
2012 Dwell Magazine, October Issue
Single Family Residence, Renovation and Addition, Malibu CA
A south facing home overlooking the Pacific Ocean is reconfigured with the addition of a new pool, terrace, arbor and landscape. A visual 'frame' for viewing the horizon, the project brings together light, shadow, water and sky in an effort to blur the distinction between wet and dry, here and there, inside and outside, above and below. In addition to the natural site, there was an ambition to create a construction that spoke to the regions architectural context. Invoking the midcentury spirit of Craig Ellwood and the unabashed bravado of John Lautner, the new construction hovers above it's hillside site as an assertive object and a quite frame. In this way we learned how to build next to the sea.
MALIBU HILLSIDE CREDITS
Architecture: Michael Goorevich Architect, PLLC
Landscape Architecture: Stephen Billings Landscape Architect
General Contractor: Brian Guizot
Structural Engineer: Stephen Perloff
Glazing Engineer: Andrew Nasser
Pool Consultant: Pacific Custom Pools
Landscape Contractor: Royal Landscape
Civil Engineer: Robert Newlon
Interior Design: Katy Chudacoff and Michael Page, Dovetail Design
Zoning Approval and Permitting: Shelly Coulson
Waste Water Consultant: Kevin Poffenbarger, EPD Consultants
AWARDS/ PUBLISHING
2017 AIA Gulf States Region, Merit Design Award
2016 AIA State of Tennessee, Merit Design Award
2016 AIA Middle Tennessee, Citation Design Award
2016 Dezeen, November, article and video
VIDEO
Direction, Photography, Editing: Eric Staudenmaier