Morgan Creek
North Carolina
The renovated childhood home of James Taylor includes a new pool, pool house, and landscape that unify the space. Together, these elements extend the home’s architectural legacy, originally shaped by midcentury modernist George Matsumoto and Durham architect John Latimer. Four low concrete retaining walls descend from the house to the ground floor, stepping down to a crushed stone garden.
At the entry court, a low stone-clad wall leads from the guest house toward the pool house and terrace below. As the site slopes away, the level pool emerges from the terrain. A sequence of descending terraces create a bridge from the pool house to the existing woodland. Native flowering trees and groundcovers unite old and new, introducing seasonal variation
Photos: Estudio Palma
Collaborators:
in situ studio
Morgan Creek
North Carolina
The renovated childhood home of James Taylor includes a new pool, pool house, and landscape that unify the space. Together, these elements extend the home’s architectural legacy, originally shaped by midcentury modernist George Matsumoto and Durham architect John Latimer. Four low concrete retaining walls descend from the house to the ground floor, stepping down to a crushed stone garden.
At the entry court, a low stone-clad wall leads from the guest house toward the pool house and terrace below. As the site slopes away, the level pool emerges from the terrain. A sequence of descending terraces create a bridge from the pool house to the existing woodland. Native flowering trees and groundcovers unite old and new, introducing seasonal variation
Photos: Estudio Palma
Collaborators:
in situ studio
