Maine
Peter Codella
Description
Summer cottage with two guest cabins and boathouse/barn
Site
Craggy waterfront slope
Design
Coast Cottage captures the spirit of old summer houses on the Maine coast, at the same time rugged but refined, understated but well-appointed.
Penobscot Bay, Maine
The Apple Tree Hill house perches lightly atop its hilly site, looking out eagerly onto a broad view of Kent Cove. Footings grow into posts which branch out to pull the roof taut across an exterior arcade. Walking outside is…
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Downeast Maine
The apparent front door opens onto a covered arcade that takes you past a walled garden to the real front door. The parts of the house are grouped around this contained garden, while also looking out to the cove.
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Catskills, New York
Over half the interior of the tiny house is a great lodge hall, extending to the full height of the roof and centered on a massive stone fireplace. Tree trunk porch columns give the entry façade something of the aspect of a primitive shrine.
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