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
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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Island off Connecticut coast
Light-hearted and picturesque, Island House distills the essence of its seaside summer community. The dramatic repetition of pointed dormers places paired windows on an angle better to capture the sweeping views to the water.
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Concord, Massachusetts
This small house with a large presence draws from sources far and near: ancient Greek Doric temples, Palladio’s ‘Redentore’ and Villa Barbaro, Peter Harrison’s Redwood Library, Jefferson’s Monticello, Asher Benjamin’s carpenter pattern books, and local Greek Revival building traditions of Concord.
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