Island in Maine
Stone Contracting & Building
Description
A shingle covered summer house.
Site
High on an island bluff with panoramic views.
Design
This house incorporates long traditions of Maine coastal architecture including lighthouse towers and weathered grey shingles. The main body of the house sits under a capacious gambrel roof. A wing contains the kitchen and a guest suite. The entry porch greets arrivals, and leads them along an arcade to the entry.
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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Downeast Maine
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Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Sited dramatically on a bluff, this modern synthesis of Shingle Style and Arts and Crafts architecture gains interest from the way it bends and meanders to follow the contours of the land. The angled wings dynamically shift and overlap.
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Island off Connecticut Coast
The center of this compact house is a high, open room combining living, dining, and kitchen. Windows on both sides open to the views and the sea breezes, and dormers fill the space with light from above.
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