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View of the main living space
looking toward the garage.

Living/dining area and kitchen of the AUTO-Haus. All photos © Anice Hoachlander/Studio HDP Alley façade, with garage on the first floor
and second-story addition visible above.
Washingtonian Residential Design Award The residence’s open-plan living area on the first floor is a
AUTO-Haus spectacular lofted volume that receives abundant daylight from
overhead skylights and a second-floor window wall. As with the
Washington, DC
Studio.MP2 project, the design for AUTO-Haus is anchored at
KUBE architecture one end by an open kitchen featuring simple cabinetry. Ample
glazing in the wall separating the living area from the garage
Structural Engineer: JZ Structural Consulting permits the cars to be viewed directly from the living area.
Custom Cabinetry: Eric Lieberknecht Design The clean and spare interior features a contrasting scheme of
Custom Steel: Metal Specialties white walls and off-black steel elements that is punctuated and
Custom Glass: Gaithersburg Glass energized by strategically located pops of blue and red color.
Custom Countertop: Lukeworks “The clients, a young couple, enjoy working on and
General Contractor: ThinkMakeBuild displaying their car collection, so this project merges their
favorite hobby with their new living space,” said Janet
In another example of a new alley dwelling, KUBE architecture Bloomberg, FAIA, a principal at KUBE. Naylor Court and the
renovated and converted an old garage located on Naylor city’s other alleys, she added, “used to house mainly back-of-
Court—a historic alley inside the block defined by 9th, 10th, house buildings such as garages and carriage houses, and now
N, and O streets, NW—into a combined residence and garage we are realizing they can be repurposed as residences that allow
for the owners and their three cars called AUTO-Haus. The old for living in a new way.”
garage, built in the 1800s, was a one-story structure. KUBE’s The project was previously featured in the Winter 2019
design added a second floor for additional living areas and a issue of ARCHITECTUREDC, and again in the Fall 2020 issue as a
new basement-level mechanical and storage space, producing winner of a Chapter Design Award in Architecture.
a three-level structure with a 1,260-square-foot garage and
3,080-square-foot, two-bedroom living quarters.

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