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Century House, Re-built
With the help of Rod Sidley Architects, the historical Century House in Glendale, Ohio has been re-built. Not only has it resurected a historical building from the ashes, it also revived a business.
Rod Sidley: Photographer of Birds and Nature
With offices at the crossroads of Springfield Pike and Wyoming Avenue, Rod Sidley's is a familiar face around Wyoming. He is widely known for his architectural designs. You may not know about his talent as a photographer. In fact, Sidley was a photographer before he was an architect. His work spans almost thirty years in pictures. Read more...
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That Old Time Feeling
Victorian kitchens were usually all business, with little thought to décor. So how to reinvent a period kitchen today? "The challenge is to see how far one can go to make the kitchen look like it belongs," says architect Rod Sidley, who, with project architect Julie Phalen, restored a Victorian in Wyoming, Ohio.
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A Fantastic Kitchen
Rod Sidley Architects has been featured on fantastickitchensonline.com. Click here to download the .pdf of the featured kitchen. Or, view the slideshow below.
• Featured kitchen photo gallery
The Power of Balance
At first glance, Jeff and Cathy Moore's Wyoming home appears perfectly symmetrical.
Carbon-copy burgundy columns and stone pillars flank the front door, and the left and right wings of the house extend in unison from a clear centerline. Once inside the grand foyer, mirror-image staircases and strips of red limestone tile stretch away from a perfectly centered landing.
But in reality, the left side of the house - when facing the front door - is slightly longer.
Some matching columns in the hallway are built-in while others are freestanding, and in the master bathroom, the limestone countertop to the left of the door is slightly longer than its counterpart.
Not that anyone would notice.
"That's the difference between balance and symmetry," says architect Rod Sidley.
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Refined Country
Julie Woodside and her husband, Frank, enlisted the help of Rod Sidley Architects and Molly Johnson, Classic Hill Ltd. to transform their kitchen into a masterpiece of classic charm and warm beauty. The Woodsides know both talents well from a previous renovation project, and the couple trusts them completely. "Rod knows my tastes, and Molly knows my style," Julie explains. "I'm a warm, comfortable, cozy person. I like the real, lived-in look."
The Lake House
Frank Woodside loves to give tours of his family's lake house, and when you see the before pictures, it's no surprise why. He and his wife, Julie, turned a relatively modest A-frame cabin into what their contractor calls "a 3,700-square-foot summer extravaganza." Gorgeous views of the water extend from almost every room, and light streams in from all directions. If you couldn't see the original A-frame's outline inside and out, it would be hard to believe this is the same house at all.
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Rod Sidley Architects Kitchen in House Trends Magazine
A Rod Sidley Architects designed kitchen is featured in the February/March issue of House Trends.
"Before, this country-colonial kitchen was screaming for a makeover. Now, mahogany cabinetry and granite countertops - as well as the details in the backsplash - create a space for entertaining."
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Half Day CafÉ an Entire Success
Rod Sidley helped renovate a neighborhood cafe into a Wyoming hot spot.
"Family, friends, and fabulous food is the philosophy behind Half Day Café. Dale and Patty Hipsley, the owners, clearly strive for "fresh interesting food in a neighborhood setting." More...
Rod Sidley Architects Designs Environmental Education Center
Rod Sidley Architects has designed the The Jean Martha Hennegan Environmental Education Center for the new Red Wolf Sanctuary & Raptor Rehabilitation Center.
FROM THE RED WOLF WEBSITE: "The
Jean Martha Hennegan Environmental Education Center stands as the gateway
to the new facility. Visitors will enter and exit through the education
center where they will be able to view native aquatic life in large aquariums
and overlook the bears in their 5 acre pens. The education center is the
cornerstone of a unique educational experience for visitors of all ages.
Dedicated to the 
memory
of the Red Wolf Sanctuary’s first and most passionate supporter, this multi-purpose
facility will provide a natural setting where education, art, science can
intermingle. A place where her love for children and wildlife can continue
to inspire the next generations to excel and contribute to the quality
of life on this planet. Beautifully designed by volunteer architect Rod
Sidley the layout allows for multiple use classrooms, display and meeting
areas enhanced by a two-story native fish aquarium depicting the aquatic
life of the Ohio River Valley."
Links
• Environmental
Education Center drawings
• Red Wolf website
Designs Live in the Details
Rod Sidley was featured in the August 7th issue of The Cincinnati Enquirer's Home Style section.
"Rod Sidley keeps his eye on details that
make a project special." More...
The Spragues
The library in the Biltmore Estate outside Asheville, N.C., was on the Spragues' wish list when they first conferred with architect Rod Sidley of Wyoming.
"It seemed to fit the age of the house," (1895) says Roberta. "We particularly wanted a library because we had a tremendous number of books — historic and otherwise — stored in a big room on the third floor."
"It was inspirational in the fact my clients wanted something out of the ordinary, but we had to make it with stock pieces as we weren't dealing with the Vanderbilts," who built the Biltmore, says Sidley.
The two-story addition has office space at one end, a billiard table, spiral staircase and TV. Outside the office windows is a garden railway and lights along the library's spiral staircase are salvaged from train cars.
"We even had pocket doors built into the base cabinet so they could put their dog's cage in the 'lost' space above the new basement stair," says Sidley.
"The biggest compliment came from the church custodian across the street," Roberta says. "He said, 'It's beginning to look like it's always been there.' That's what we wanted."
For a look at the Sprague's project check out this March 5th article from The Enquirer. Also, read more on home libraries and the Sprague's project in Home libraries: An alternate place to feel cozy.
Wyoming Beautification
Rod Sidley will be presenting the Wyoming Beautification awards on Monday, October 18th 2004. Read more about the Wyoming Beautification Awards and some of its winners in this Community Press article.
At Home on the River
A boat interior designed by Rod Sidley Architects is featured in the September 4th issue of The Enquirer's Home Style section. Rod also provides pointers for designing a boat's interior
Rod Sidley Architects Wins Award
Rod
Sidley Architects was selected as a regional winner in the 2002/03 Sub-Zero/Wolf
Kitchen Design Contest. For more information on the Design Contest, click
here.
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ALSO FEATURED IN FAB
This kitchen was also featured in FAB Kitchens Magazine. Download the featured
spread in .pdf format.
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Rod Sidley Launches Frist-Class Boat
"This
is dynamite," exclaimed a visitor when he saw Wyoming architect Rod
Sidley's latest project, a deluxe houseboat designed for entertaining a
food company's bussiness clients.
• Tri-County
Press article (9/2/98)
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show of the American Beauty
Rod Sidley Architects Wins ABA Award
In
1997, Rod Sidley Archictects was awarded First Place in the Law Office
Design Competition for Adaptive Re-Use by the ABA Journal - The Laywer's
Magazine.
• ABA Journal
article (1997)
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Main Street success story
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