Built at the top of a hill,
this weekend house references three distinct architectural traditions: the
Connecticut vernacular, modernism and the architectural heritage of the client,
a descendant of architect Stanford White of the noted firm McKim, Mead and
white. The west-facing entry porch ends a seventy two-foot long gallery leading
to the open living, dining, kitchen space that is grand, but has a balanced
sense of intimacy. The low, long gable form at the exterior quotes the Lowe
House of 1897, a seminal work of White’s, while steel columns in the entry hall
reference White’s own house that features large, riveted, exposed steel beams
in the living room. In addition to the main house, the project also includes a
detached cottage.