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.
near Boston, Massachusetts
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North Shore, along the coast
An addition and renovation breathes new life into an 18th c. house we call Eight Gables. The project is sited on an extraordinary salt-water marsh on the north coast of Massachusetts. It consists of a colonial era house, a barn…
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Connecticut countryside
We seamlessly transformed a beloved summer house built by our client’s grandparents in the 1920’s for year-round living. The house was slightly reorganized, gutted and insulated, but all the wood trim, doors, windows, and hardware were restored and reused.
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Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Description Renovation of a turn of the 20th century Shingle Style cottage with a newly added guest “tower” Site Facing a harbor on the South Coast of Massachusetts Design Our task was to reverse unsympathetic renovations and augment the old-world…
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