{"id":1638,"date":"2010-05-25T21:28:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T21:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:07:11","slug":"is-that-a-zinc-house-newish-on-newark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/2010\/05\/is-that-a-zinc-house-newish-on-newark\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Is that a zinc house?&#8221;: Newish on Newark"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/street.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1640\" title=\"street\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/street.jpg 513w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/street-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a>\n<p class=\"lead\">Saturday&#8217;s DC Garden Open Day, hosted by the Garden Conservancy, took us down the exclusive streets and well-screened back yards of six well-heeled &#8212; and pooled &#8212; Washingtonians (did my sons crawl under author Christopher Buckley&#8217;s trampoline?). \u00a0We were about do head into another beautiful garden when my wife got my attention by asking &#8220;Is that a zinc house?&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/down-the-street.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1642\" title=\"down the street\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/down-the-street.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/down-the-street.jpg 513w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/down-the-street-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Indeed it was. \u00a0This house, at 3530 Newark Street, NW, was designed by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/travispricearchitects.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travis Price Architects<\/a> and has a sleek LucasArts starship feel. \u00a0Assumedly pre-weathered zinc cladding form an outer shield, with minimal openings and a blunt-faced bay on one side and a curved slicing edge on the other. \u00a0Atop a stone base, the soft underbelly of this creature is mostly glazed, with red clapboard\/fiberboard siding.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/front-steps.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1643\" title=\"front steps\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/front-steps.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/front-steps.jpg 428w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/front-steps-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The stair on the right would suggest a <em>piano nobile<\/em> scheme with a\u00a0side entrance, while a peek down the driveway on the left promises a spacious terrace level with a terraced garden.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/side.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1644\" title=\"side\" src=\"http:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/side.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/side.jpg 513w, https:\/\/montgomeryplanning.org\/blog-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/side-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The scale of the house is compatible with its neighbors. \u00a0The house has a narrower face on the street &#8212; the others don&#8217;t typically have driveways &#8212; and the large side setback of the house to the east provides the side elevation with a generous eye-catching aspect. \u00a0The contrast is a bit jarring, but refreshing at the same time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Saturday&#8217;s DC Garden Open Day, hosted by the Garden Conservancy, took us down the exclusive streets and well-screened back yards of six well-heeled &#8212; and pooled &#8212; Washingtonians (did my sons crawl under author Christopher Buckley&#8217;s trampoline?). \u00a0We were about do head into another beautiful garden when my wife got my attention by asking &#8220;Is that a zinc house?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed it was. \u00a0This house, at 3530 Newark Street, NW, was designed by\u00a0Travis Price Architects and has a sleek LucasArts starship feel. \u00a0Assumedly pre-weathered zinc cladding form an outer shield, with minimal openings and a blunt-faced bay on one side and a curved slicing edge on the other. \u00a0Atop a stone base, the soft underbelly of this creature is mostly &#8230; 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