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This Week's Find is an architect's modernist home in Chevy Chase DC that hit the market for the first time on Friday.
The 3,300 square-foot house on a 5,500 square-foot lot was the first home that architect Pierre Paul Childs designed and built. The cylindrical plywood exterior is covered with a stucco-like shell, and its round edges provide a theme for the rest of the house. In Chevy Chase, residents have long marveled about the unique design of the home.
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Stairs wind up to the recessed front door of the house. Inside, the rooms are mostly squared-off, creating nooks and crannies and curved built-in areas throughout. The 39 foot-long living room has a bar built into one end and windows stacked above sliding glass doors opposite a slate fireplace with mantel seat.
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The dining room provides access to the balcony, and a mezzanine level houses two bedrooms. The loft-like owner's bedroom has a corner fireplace, a study nook, a dressing area, and a view into the living room below.
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The house also has a cylindrical tower appended to the circular stairwell, where a rounded plexiglass window offers space for a sitting area with views of the National Cathedral.
"I combined strong discipline with a bit of whimsy," architect-owner Childs explained in a 1977 feature about the home in The Washington Star.
Additional details are below.
- Full Listing: 5500 Broad Branch Road NW (map)
- Price: $1.45 million
- Bedrooms: Three
- Bathrooms: 2.5
- Square Feet: 3,300
- Year Built: 1975
- Listing Agent: Steve Agostino, Compass
Photos courtesy of HomeVisit; those featured have been virtually staged.
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