The Little Compton Residence began as a renovation and became a reconstruction.
Situated on Brigg's Marsh with an expanse of reeds and heather, the
original house was built in 1963. Due to an unsalvageable structure, all
that remained of the original house was the foundation, memories, and a
folly - a stair circulating around a chimney.
The client wished to de-compartmentalize the plan and enlarge the
footprint at the east end while maintaining the modernist horizontality.
The proposed design enhances the dialogue between the interior and
exterior through the use of light, views, space and tones.
The entry and circulation are the anchors, vertically rising above and
between the two existing horizontal bands that define the L-shaped plan.
In a soft palette of whites, greys and bleached cedar and oak, the
framed views of the original house are captured including a view of the
original exterior stair from the new mirroring interior spiraling stair.

The executive architect: Dan BucsescuArchitectural Photography by Frederick
Charles