2509/2511 Olive St #2, Baton Rouge, LA 70809

WOW!!!! What A Duplex!!! This 1940 Building Was Taken Back To The Studs And Completely Renovated In 2005. Included In The "New" Building, Separate Entrances For The 2 2 Bedroom/1 Bath Units, Each Having Hardwood Floors, Newer Appliances, Their Own Washer/Dryer, Concrete Countertops In Kitchen, Back Entrances And 5 + Off Street Parking Places. Susan Turner Landscaped The Property. Emery Mcclure Architecture Preformed The Renovation; In Fact The Project Was A Finalist In A Benjamin Moore Hue Color In Design Awards. Following Is The Description Used In The Application "This Project Consists Of Two Distinct Components And How The Two Must Meet. The Duplex Requires A Complete Renovation And The Client Also Want To Add A Storage Building Onto The Lot. As The Project Is Located In A Dense Suburban Neighborhood, The Lot Is Small And Thusly, The Two Buildings Will Be Immediately Adjacent. They Must Remain Distinct However In Both Function And Occupation; The Client Will Use The Storage, The Tenants Will Use The Apartments. The Two Components Will Have Separate Entries And Separate Drives That Face Separate Streets. Simultaneously, The Two Buildings Must Work Together. The Schematics Present Proposals That Study The Faade As Both A Skin And A Form. On The Duplex, The Facade Starts As A Re-Skin. It Is Used To Refresh, Re-Clad, And Reinvent The Duplex. In One Scheme It Is Solid With Small Peel-Away At The Windows: In Another, The Skin Is Layered, With The Windows Framed Between The Layers. These Facade Studies Begin To Define A Formal Language For The Storage Building. In One Scheme The Form Peels Apart To Create Double Storage, On Lower Unit And One Upper Unit. The Entrances Are Located At The Splits. In The Second Scheme, The Form Is Composed Of Two Material Layers. One Light And One Heavy; The Light Layer Is Programmed For Small, Conditioned Storage And Slides Between The Heavy Layers. In All Schemes, Fencing And Landscaping Present Another Facade