This re-adaption was intended to leverage both the connection with the landscape and the robustness of the existing structure. The design was to modify the attic and basement to double the size of the house, to accommodate the expanding family of 5, as well as an additional 2-3 staff members. While the north façade on the street should remain relatively intact for privacy, the idea of the house was to develop a more generous exposure to Rock Creek and the southern exposure, extending the house into the garden areas and to the nature preserve beyond. By expanding the square footage of glass on the southern face, effectively the load bearing function of the brick wall was proportionally altered to become a curtain wall, with steel structure providing both compressive and lateral stability for this new face. The old bricks surrounding the existing windows were re-used to build up the new attic space, thus there was no need to introduce new bricks. The most salient spatial intervention was the introduction of a new stair at the center of the house as well as two multi-height spaces intended to link the disparate levels of the home. The first is a double height space connecting the entry level to the garden level, with a new living room that extends the interior spaces to the southern exposure. The second space connects the entry on the northern side to the former attic, now a research and play loft for the kids capped by a skylight.