Originally built as a recreational structure for an adjacent house, this building is a completely renovated five-bedroom home. At the base of a nearby large ski area, this four-story house is organized around a central metal stair tower with a large sky light at the top. On the entry level is a gym and two car garage. A half-court basketball court is on the lowest level with a bunk room and pool table. Outside is a swimming pool and recreational areas.
Interior Design: Andra Birkerts Design
Landscape Design: Ceres + Landscape Architecture
This White Mountain Greek Revival house in New Hampshire overlooking the Ossipee Range was completely renovated and a new screened-in porch and front porch were added. The interiors were conceived in the arts and crafts style consistent with the period of the house.
General Contractor: Roger Corpi
This family estate was developed on a west-facing hillside in Western Connecticut farm country. The project includes a new house organized around a double-height Great Room, an adjacent garage building with guest bedrooms above, and a house barn constructed from an antique timber frame salvaged in Vermont.
Landscape Design: Charles R. Myer & Partners, Ltd.
Interior Design: Marc Charbonnet
General Contractor: Richard E. McCue
Structural Engineer: Cotton Associates
Plant Selection & Garden Installation: Jean Brooks Landscapes
Overlooking the Ossipee Range, this house was orginially built as a passive solar home in 1989. At the time it was one of only two truly passive solar houses in the State, and required only two cords of wood to operate through a Winter. A gut renovation was completed in the Fall of 2018. Improvements included new windows, an enlarged kitchen, a change in roof slopes, and a cupola to allow for increased natural air ventilation. The two-bedroom 1,400 square foot house is now fully heated and cooled by photovoltaic solar panels.
Interior Design: Holly Senné
General Contractor: R.L. Benton Builders, Inc.
Structural Engineer: LeBrasseur Engineering
The original structure was a chestnut-sided post-and-beam house with a large central masonry fireplace and chimney built in the 18th century. Poorly constructed additions were removed leaving the original main portion of the house intact. This original portion has been renovated and a large addition into the hillside provided a new kitchen, screened porch, garage, and bedrooms.
General Contractor: 1743 Construction Corporation
Structural Engineer: Cotton Associates
This Greek Revival house is located on an operating dairy farm in the hills of the Berkshires. The house was completely renovated in 2012.
General Contractor: Bottom Line Builders
Originally built as a Sears & Roebuck kit house for a farmer, this home was completely renovated in the 1990's for a young family of three as a primary residence. A central spine bringing light to the inner core of the house organized the living areas. All of the bedrooms opened into this core. On the first floor the main staircase and access to the living room, kitchen, and dining rooms are also accessed from this daylight double height space. Avid gardeners with a deep appreciation for nature--reflected in their professional work--the renovated house extended into the landscape with terraces, stonewalls, a screened-in porch, and layered gardens.
Landscape Design: Charles R. Myer & Partners, Ltd.
Structural Engineer: Laurence Cotton, PE
General Contractor: William Parker
This project added an "L" wing onto a 19th century farmhouse in rural New Hampshire. Replacing previous additions and creating a year-round primary living space, the design allows expansion back into the original house during the summer months. The new wing includes an eat-in kitchen, a cross-ventilated living room with a west-facing porch, and a two-car garage. On the floor above is a master suite and sleeping porch overlooking Mount Chocorua.
General Contractor: Steve Olafsen
Structural Engineer: Cotton Associates
This two-story wood-framed house adjacent to Preserved Forestland is organized along an axis defined by fireplaces placed at either end of the house. A guest/utility wing and garage then combine with the main house to form a courtyard at the main entrance. This design allows all of the significant living spaces to remain open to the view.
Interior Design: Kate Maloney Interior Design
General Contractor: A.F. Hultin & Co., Inc.
Structural Engineer: Alexander Dorfman