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DTD 1
Type
STATUS
Under Construction
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
A White Box Composition Anchored in Landscape
This two-story contemporary residence reads as an assembly of interlocking rectilinear volumes, unified by a crisp white render envelope and articulated through a restrained palette of secondary materials — horizontal timber slatting and light grey stone accents that punctuate the composition at key thresholds: the garage, the entry canopy, and a slender vertical strip on the upper floor.
The fenestration strategy is deliberately varied rather than repetitive, avoiding a rigid grid in favor of openings sized and placed according to the room behind them — a tall reading nook window, a wide corner opening onto a home office, and, at ground level, a generous full-height glazed bay that dissolves the boundary between the dining room and front garden. A quiet detail rewards close reading: four small square windows, stacked vertically beside the entrance, hint at a stairwell or utility core behind the plain white wall.
At grade, the architecture is grounded by a low concrete plinth wall that frames a naturalistic front garden of sculpted pines, boulders, and river stone — a landscape composition with clear echoes of Japanese garden design. A vivid Japanese maple anchors the entrance sequence in a deep burgundy counterpoint to the building's whiteness, while a stacked fieldstone wall along the property's edge introduces texture and material continuity with the boulders below.
The two-car gravel driveway, framed by mature trees on both sides, reinforces the sense of a private, secluded suburban retreat — a house that presents its geometric confidence to the street while remaining softened, almost camouflaged, by the surrounding greenery.
This two-story contemporary residence reads as an assembly of interlocking rectilinear volumes, unified by a crisp white render envelope and articulated through a restrained palette of secondary materials — horizontal timber slatting and light grey stone accents that punctuate the composition at key thresholds: the garage, the entry canopy, and a slender vertical strip on the upper floor.
The fenestration strategy is deliberately varied rather than repetitive, avoiding a rigid grid in favor of openings sized and placed according to the room behind them — a tall reading nook window, a wide corner opening onto a home office, and, at ground level, a generous full-height glazed bay that dissolves the boundary between the dining room and front garden. A quiet detail rewards close reading: four small square windows, stacked vertically beside the entrance, hint at a stairwell or utility core behind the plain white wall.
At grade, the architecture is grounded by a low concrete plinth wall that frames a naturalistic front garden of sculpted pines, boulders, and river stone — a landscape composition with clear echoes of Japanese garden design. A vivid Japanese maple anchors the entrance sequence in a deep burgundy counterpoint to the building's whiteness, while a stacked fieldstone wall along the property's edge introduces texture and material continuity with the boulders below.
The two-car gravel driveway, framed by mature trees on both sides, reinforces the sense of a private, secluded suburban retreat — a house that presents its geometric confidence to the street while remaining softened, almost camouflaged, by the surrounding greenery.
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