Preserve
The house–garden relationship, original wood, indirect light, privacy, and compact scale.
Carmel-by-the-Sea · 1949
The Chapman House
A working archive of the house designed by Rowan Perkins Maiden for Dorothy Green Chapman—its architecture, garden, people, records, and next chapter.
Commissioned byDorothy Green Chapman
Designed byRowan Perkins Maiden
Landscape attributionThomas Dolliver Church
Design direction
Preserve the idea. Improve the house.
Add
Officially convert the enclosed original carport into a bedroom. Add a flexible loft office or guest room and a guest bathroom.
Solve
The sliding entrance, roof drainage, clerestory waterproofing, and a coherent garden vision.
Secondary priorities
Bathroom and kitchen remodel; hallway sliding partition and storage; concrete floor restoration; piano placement and bookshelf revision; built-in sofa revision; fireplace; and other small fixes that would make the house feel restored.
The photographic archive, rendered in color
Selected historic photographs, color-rendered with AI assistance for visual reference—not original color records.
