Connecticut Countryside
Wes Maxwell
AIA Connecticut Design Award
Description
House and barn
Site
Countryside
Design
Lantern House is a modern interpretation of the New England vernacular: taut, simple forms with pitched metal roofs and white-painted flush board siding. The glassy, lantern-like entry, with its prow-shaped canopy, leads to an open, expansive space within.
Maine
Coast Cottage captures the spirit of old summer houses on the Maine coast, at the same time rugged but refined, understated but well-appointed.
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Island off Connecticut Coast
The center of this compact house is a high, open room combining living, dining, and kitchen. Windows on both sides open to the views and the sea breezes, and dormers fill the space with light from above.
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Vermont
Farm Villa combines imagery of the New England farmhouse with that of the Neoclassical European villa. Columns vary according to a hierarchy of formality: plain square white columns for the entry porch, monumental paneled columns for the view-facing porch, and locally-milled timbers with metal connections for the outbuildings.
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