When we were signed on to convert this wooden clapboard church in rural Landenberg PA to a home, we understood the responsibility of honoring this structure through adaptive reuse. Our Studio resides in an 1890’s church we purchased and renovated. These buildings resonate with the peaceful sanctuary they were built to invoke.

It is a distinctive challenge to adapt a church to a new use. Churches are built specifically for one purpose. They are rigidly symmetrical. Creating intimate, human scale spaces within the voluminous space is critical. A catwalk was added to the side of the nave. Creating a lower ceiling family room below. We located the owner’s bedroom in what was the choir loft. It has tall interior windows that face two stories of glass at the back of the building. The third floor has a bunk room and guest suite.