Building Details
The Esherick House is one of the most studied of the nine built houses designed by American architect Louis Kahn. Located at 204 Sunrise Lane in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., it was commissioned by Margaret Esherick in 1959 and completed in 1961. Its copper and wood kitchen was created by Wharton Esherick, a nationally known craftsman and artist who was also her uncle. The Esherick House received the Landmark Building Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1992 and was added to Pennsylvania Register of Historic Places in 2009.
The 2500 sq feet (230 sq m), single-bedroom house is a flat-roofed, rectangular solid with its long side facing the street. The primary building material is concrete block with stucco facing.
Kahn designed an addition to the house in 1962-1964 for its subsequent owner, Mrs. C. Parker, but it was never built. Designed to blend seamlessly with the existing house, the addition would have increased the house's size significantly by extending the house to the left as one faces the front door.
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