Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Niemitz Design Group
Trends, March 2008
Description
Vacation house
Site
Dunes on the Cape Cod shore
Design
The house is like a village of small Greek Revival houses surrounding a south-facing courtyard, sheltered from the wind.
near Boston, Massachusetts
Anchored to the land on a craggy stone foundation, Rocksyde sits perpendicular to the seacoast, addressing the waves below like a ship’s prow. A black and white floating staircase inside is inspired by the horizontal stripes seen in the layers of rock found in a canyon. Southern sunlight filters through the stairway to all three levels of the house.
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Massachusetts coast
The existing sheds act as a gate lodge for the house. A covered arcade, in a similar vernacular to the sheds, leads through a courtyard to the new house.
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