When Michael Davis, a Brooklyn architect, bought an 1880's timber-frame house on the site of a former fish hatchery in Columbia County in upstate New York, he went about his redesign in the same way he renovates his clients' old houses.
"I like to open up a space whenever I work in a period building and take it back to the original four walls," Mr. Davis, 46, said. "I also like to use elements that are specific to the site."
Pilgrim's Place
New York Times
April 21, 2006