Period Homes, A New Old Shingle-Style Home Harbor View

Lake Library is a compact out-building serving as a guesthouse, library, tennis viewing pavilion, and boathouse, with the flavor of a miniature castle.

This house wraps around two levels of courtyards on one side and looks out over salt marshes to the sound on the other. Its deeply insulated 12” thick walls and roof conserve energy, and heat recovery ventilation ensures a constant cycle of fresh air.

Only when you arrive directly in front of the new house do you discover the surprise of a domed rotunda. Its open porch half projects out from and half scoops into the main volume of the house.

The house responds to the Greek Revival traditions of the neighborhood on the exterior with a wholly unexpected interior.  The house is organized around two courts:  first, an arrival court on the public side, and second, a garden court on the quiet private side.