When music executive Joe Galante retired from his post as chairman of Sony Music Nashville in 2010, he and his wife, Phran, were ready to shed their frenetic, high-profile lifestyle. For a fresh start, the couple purchased 1½ acres in the city's quiet Woodmont Estates—a 1937 neighborhood created by Olmsted Brothers to flow with the landscape—tapping Hastings Architecture to design a more intimate home than their existing 13,000-square-foot suburban residence.
According to principal in charge David Powell, the Galantes wanted “an open, sun-drenched house” with ample glazing, around a central courtyard, and maximum privacy—a tall order within their new urban environs.
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