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Hudson Valley Retreat
Hudson Valley Retreat
NY, United States
Special Mention, 2025 A+Awards, Residential - Private House (L 4000 - 6000 sq ft)
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Hudson Valley Retreat
NY, United States
Special Mention, 2025 A+Awards, Residential - Private House (L 4000 - 6000 sq ft)
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
In the Hudson River Valley of upstate New York, this tranquil weekend house sits on the edge between an Oak-Hickory forest and a restored native meadow. Conceived as a retreat from the city, the house and the landscape serve as a place to unwind and live by the rhythms of nature. Perched on the high side of the meadow looking northwest, the house enjoys everchanging vistas to the Catskills and quiet vignettes towards the forest.
The layout of the house is simple – a long, low bedroom bar is intersected by a tall gable space for gathering. The living room resides on the meadow-side of the gable and enjoys dynamic vistas. The property’s meadow foreground carefully transitions from non-native, European cool-season grasses, to native warm-season grasses. The native meadow offers a variety of colors through the seasons and critical habitats for birds, rep-tiles, and mammals indigenous to the area.
The bedroom bar has two wings with guest rooms on one side of the main living area and primary and children’s bedrooms on the other, providing a sense of privacy without feeling far from each other. The bedrooms are all the same size with large windows to the northwest overlooking the meadow and double doors that open to the hallway with large windows to the forest.
A short walk through the meadow from the main house leads to a pool of dark turquoise water. Beyond the covered patio, the pool house contains a private writer’s suite for quiet reflection. Just down the hill, an in-grade trampoline dares you to not smile while bouncing in and out of the meadow grasses.
Douglas Fir heavy timber provides the trusses in the main living spaces – featuring time-tested wood joinery methods without the use of steel. Regional Ticonderoga granite was used for both the fireplace and stone floor in the entry as well as the boulder steps in the landscape. Thermally modified ash clads the exterior walls and wraps the inside of the hallway and breezeway. Geothermal wells provide heating and cooling as part of a highly efficient radiant system.
The layout of the house is simple – a long, low bedroom bar is intersected by a tall gable space for gathering. The living room resides on the meadow-side of the gable and enjoys dynamic vistas. The property’s meadow foreground carefully transitions from non-native, European cool-season grasses, to native warm-season grasses. The native meadow offers a variety of colors through the seasons and critical habitats for birds, rep-tiles, and mammals indigenous to the area.
The bedroom bar has two wings with guest rooms on one side of the main living area and primary and children’s bedrooms on the other, providing a sense of privacy without feeling far from each other. The bedrooms are all the same size with large windows to the northwest overlooking the meadow and double doors that open to the hallway with large windows to the forest.
A short walk through the meadow from the main house leads to a pool of dark turquoise water. Beyond the covered patio, the pool house contains a private writer’s suite for quiet reflection. Just down the hill, an in-grade trampoline dares you to not smile while bouncing in and out of the meadow grasses.
Douglas Fir heavy timber provides the trusses in the main living spaces – featuring time-tested wood joinery methods without the use of steel. Regional Ticonderoga granite was used for both the fireplace and stone floor in the entry as well as the boulder steps in the landscape. Thermally modified ash clads the exterior walls and wraps the inside of the hallway and breezeway. Geothermal wells provide heating and cooling as part of a highly efficient radiant system.
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