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.
Western Connecticut
Modular construction and a performance envelope yielded a sustainable building and shortened construction time.
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Maine
Coast Cottage captures the spirit of old summer houses on the Maine coast, at the same time rugged but refined, understated but well-appointed.
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near Boston, Massachusetts
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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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