Penobscot Gable House

Modular construction and a performance envelope yielded a sustainable building and shortened construction time.

Only when you arrive directly in front of the new house do you discover the surprise of a domed rotunda. Its open porch half projects out from and half scoops into the main volume of the house.

This gambrel-roofed house is a good neighbor to its old summer community. It is respectful yet light-hearted, playing off symmetry and asymmetry.

With Medieval overtones, this shingled house is anchored by a great hall of reclaimed wood, with a musicians’ gallery at one end.