Connecticut Countryside
Wes Maxwell
AIA Connecticut Design Award
Description
House and barn
Site
Countryside
Design
Lantern House is a modern interpretation of the New England vernacular: taut, simple forms with pitched metal roofs and white-painted flush board siding. The glassy, lantern-like entry, with its prow-shaped canopy, leads to an open, expansive space within.
Maine Island
The first floor functions as a living room in the summer with French doors that open to the view. At the end of the season, the furniture is moved aside to make room for the pick-up truck. Lanterns suspended from the points of the roof are standard mooring balls fitted with light bulbs inside.
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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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near Boston, Massachusetts
Down a sweep of lawn and pasture, this big house looks like a collection of small houses. Greek Revival-inspired pavilions are connected by a Shingle Style link, uniting various regional traditions. The elliptical ceiling of the kitchen eating area looks like a shallow, tented canopy.
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