Farm House

FARM HOUSE

This contemporary design is located on an historic Vineyard farm and is a stunning counterpoint to an old agrarian landscape. Carved into a natural slope this cedar and glass box faces south to capture the passive energy of the sun. Photovoltaic panels are nestled into an expansive green roof. The interior is simple, elegant, and finely crafted.

CONSTRUCTION
December 2011 – May 2013

PROJECT SIZE
Main House: 4,000 sq ft
Barn: 1,000 sq ft

ARCHITECT
Charles Rose Architects

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Stephen Stimson Associates

PHOTOGRAPHY
John E. Linden

Pilot Hill Farm House

PILOT HILL FARM

Clever innovations lend interest to this richly detailed renovation of a kitchen and bath. Open shelving preserves a kitchen view to the outside, and see-through stainless mesh forms a gossamer scrim, partially veiling the adjoining rooms. In the bath, traditional enclosures have been revisited; wood lath partitions screen shower from tub, and toilet from lavatory. If necessity is the mother of invention, sometimes economy is the mother of elegance.

CONSTRUCTION
Kitchen 1998, Bath 2001

PROJECT SIZE
Kitchen: 500 sq ft
Bath: 100 sq ft

ARCHITECT
Hutker Architects Inc.

PUBLICATIONS
Boston Globe Magazine, March 2002
Custom Home Magazine, April 2002

PHOTOGRAPHY
Brian Vanden Brink

Tashmoo House

TASHMOO HOUSE

This was the first important house we built on the Island. The preeminent architect Ben Thompson left us to work with these instructions: When in doubt about a design detail, “please do not give me a suburban detail.” It is advice we have never forgotten. Cedar shingles, cypress decks, ash floors, fir cabinetry and ceilings make a symphony of woods out of this house designed to look like an old fishing shack that had been added onto and renovated. Only a few feet above sea level, the house hides behind a barrier dune, mere steps from Vineyard Sound. The u-shaped plan creates a sun trap on the land side of the house, a perfect spot for chilly days in the off-season.

CONSTRUCTION
November 1982 – June 1984

PROJECT SIZE
5,000 sq ft
4 bedrooms, 4 baths

ARCHITECT
Benjamin Thompson and Associates, Inc.

PUBLICATIONS
Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, July 1991
The New York Times Magazine 1995
The Houses of Martha’s Vineyard 2005