When Amir Kripper took on the redesign of a tired 112-year-old house on Brookline’s Washington Street, he created the combination today’s homeowners crave.
“We appreciate buildings with historic charm, but we want modern interiors,’’ said the architect and principal of Kripper Studio, located on Boston’s Bromfield Street. “ADCO Realty [who owned the property] asked us to reimagine what had been a single-family house built in 1910 and to turn it into a contemporary duplex.’’
Kripper, who grew up in Uruguay, came to Boston in 2007 to work for the architecture and urban design firm Machado Silvetti. About 10 years ago, he opened his own firm. He said he is especially fond of adaptive reuse projects. “It’s very rewarding work to bring historic buildings back to life,’’ he said.
This building’s interior — made up of small, fragmented spaces, outdated systems, and decaying materials — was gutted. The exterior shell, however, was treated as an important element of a historic neighborhood, particularly on the street-facing façade.
