Cote Renard is excited and honored to announce that we have been chosen to be the architect of record for the Manis Residence in Jacksonville, FL. Lane Manis is the executive director for American Institute of Architects Jacksonville, her husband Steve is a local Civil Engineer. They had their choice of Jacksonville architects for the job and of the architects to submit floor plan concepts, Nick Renard's best met what Lane and her husband Steve were looking for.
The project is an adaptive reuse of an old commercial building in the Springfield area of Jacksonville. For the most part the project is an interior design project, as very little is to be altered on the exterior facade. The old storefront that sat along the sidewalk will be removed and replaced with a cast iron gate system to create a front porch.
The interior will be contemporary in design, with the intent to make a focal point of the existing brick masonry walls and wood structural framing. The design works to cover as little of the brick walls as possible. The floor plan is divided into two zones which run parallel to the long axis of the building. The zone closest to Liberty Street will house the public activities of the house (living, dining, kitchen and den) and will be open from one end to the other. Half walls, counters, and changes in ceiling height are used to help define spaces in the public zone. The private zone, furthest from Liberty is more divided, holding three bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, storage, laundry and mechanical space.
This is a very exciting project for us and we plan to make this a feature of our blog over the coming months. At this time construction documents have been issued for permitting.