Island in Maine
Description
Summer retreat
Site
Coast, tidal cove
Design
By dividing the house into three structures, the design shapes a small courtyard. The windows are carefully aligned with the meridian to manage the south sun. Following a long held New England building tradition, the exterior is sided in locally-sourced Eastern white cedar shingles.
Boston, Massachusetts
Custom-made cabinets cleverly accommodate sconces while maximizing storage space. Library bookcases incorporate Classical motifs.
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New Hampshire
This compound of new buildings adopts a vernacular rural style, reinforcing the culture of the place by using simple barn forms. The composition is unified by painting all the buildings the traditional ferrous oxide red.
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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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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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