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.
Connecticut Countryside
Lantern House is a modern interpretation of the New England vernacular: taut, simple forms with pitched metal roofs and white-painted wood siding. The glassy, lantern-like entry, with its prow-shaped canopy, signals the open, expansive space within.
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Near Boston, Massachusetts
Orienting the house perpendicular to the slope allows for the separation of the property into a public, arrival side on the North and a private, garden side to the South, both with views of the fields.
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
New waterfront house, incorporating an old boathouse that had stood on the site for over a hundred years
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Indian Lake, New York
The tower, a vertical foil to the one-story cabin, was inspired by the mountain fire towers of the region.
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