Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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77 Left, The main living space faces east, with white oak floors, white-painted poplar walls, and a long wall of glass. Right, Ruhl crafted a 13- by-40 foot addition that took advantage of the scenery without changing the structure's footprint. based Admiral Building Movers did the heavy lifting within six hours, pneumatically raising the structure up on railroad tie legs. "It was so fast; luckily the neighbors took pictures for me, because I couldn't even get there before it was done," Ruhl says. Later, the house was bolted to 26 concrete piers. Raising the home so high—double the FEMA flood- plain elevation—allowed Ruhl to for transforming the ground floor from a functionless, uninsurable space into a 1,000-square-foot porch with a cedar-clad ceiling, a 16- foot wood-and-steel dining table, and a foyer-enclosed stairway and elevator. "It doesn't look traditional, but it's heavenly in the summer, with constant breezes and cool air blowing off the water," Ruhl says. With the view from the original home twisting away from the water, Ruhl decided to craft a 13- by-40-foot