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Some homes are built. This one was conceived. Designed by Philip Szostak, FAIA, recipient of the AIA North Carolina Gold Medal, the highest honor the state chapter bestows on any architect, and constructed by Szostak Build under the direct oversight of his son Zachary Szostak, 707 Watts Street is not simply a residence. It is a fully realized work of architecture in one of Durham’s most celebrated addresses.
Completed in 2021 on a generous 0.28-acre lot in the heart of Trinity Park, the home offers 5,209 square feet of finished living across four levels, plus another 2,600 square feet of covered porches, wood decks, and open-air rooftop terraces. The design started with the neighborhood itself: a careful reading of Trinity Park's century-old rhythms of siting, scale, and street presence. What emerged honors that context while speaking a thoroughly contemporary language. Stacked volumes of white stucco and warm cypress siding rise above a dark masonry base. A broad wraparound porch reinterprets the deep porch tradition Trinity Park is known for. It feels like it belongs here, because it was always meant to.
It's the kind of home that shifts with you. Coffee on the upper deck in the quiet of the morning. A dinner party that spills across the full open-plan main floor. Upper levels step back from the street, softening the scale from the sidewalk while opening terraces into the surrounding tree canopy. Toward the rear, living spaces and the primary suite reach directly into sheltered outdoor rooms and a private garden. Every material chosen with intention. Every detail resolved.