Starting from the bones of the original dwelling, we introduced a large central courtyard and elongated the building up and to the west. This simple courtyard gesture fills the adjoining rooms with a sense of expansiveness that is rare for inner-city dwellings. The project is as much about the spaces that are viewed as the spaces that are occupied. It can be a hard sell to a client to invest in these spaces. Yet, this is the essence of the project’s success, in many ways it is about what was not built.