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When a couple with an eye for midcentury modern design saw a 1950 home for sale in Mountain Brook, Alabama, they snapped up the residence—never mind that the house was dilapidated and far too small for their growing family of four.

Convinced of the home’s potential, the couple turned to Atlanta–based Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein Architects to resurrect the post-and-beam structure and add a sensitive extension to double the footprint to 3,600 square feet.