Bella Vista Residence

South Philly Rowhouse Gut-Rehab ‘Green Dinosaur’

This Civil War-era, 1680-square-foot, three-story row house is located in the Italian Market area of South Philadelphia. BluPath Design principals were the clients. The project goal was to upgrade a traditional housing type to meet a contemporary lifestyle, applying both sustainable criteria and clean, modern yet sensual aesthetics. The challenge with the property (only 830 square feet of lot size) was to create a design that was small but smart.