Osborne Construction

Inspired by the idiosyncratic Long Island beach houses of Andrew Geller and the rustic yet refined style of Northern California’s Sea Ranch, this modest 1950’s ranch home was tastefully renovated and reimagined by as a refined seaside retreat. It’s a place where family and friends can gather to feast, laugh, play, soak and stargaze in the hand-made Cedar Hot tub after a long day in the sun and salt air.

HOW ITS MADE: taking down and rebuilding a historic masonry facade

Our colleagues at called us in to replace a couple windows and doors at their Philadlephia HQ and we almost immediately raised some red flags about the structural integrity of the masonry facade of the building.

Our Project Manager Drew Wallace brought in a structural engineer who prescribed an immediate take down and rebuild of the facade and issued a make safe permit.

Our Director of Construction, Martin Madden, worked with our in-house build team, and to hatch a plan to rebuild employing some passive house principles with rigorous air sealing and water mgmt while keeping within the historic integrity and parameters of the brick facade.

We worked with our buddy Larry at to get all the fenestration procured and delivered to site.

Big shout out to the team for their patience and trust in our firm to help navigate this scary and big surprise while they shifted to give us all the room we needed to work and get all the details right while they kept their offices open.

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Architecture:

Nearing the finish line on this moody modern condo collaboration with . Grateful for the countless opportunities to leverage our teams abilities to execute some wild details here 🙏 Stay tuned for more details and pics.