Kenyon Dublin, NH The Kenyon House joins the fleet. Not unlike the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, at the turn of the 19th century three Thayer houses rode the hill top swelling the wave in Harrisville, NH.: Mizzentop, Crows Nest, Fore-top. Whether actually on top of the swell, or momentarily down in a rising trough of the landscape, all […]
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Heid & Malina
Heid & Malina Albion, California Shingles and Water Towers are iconically emblematic in Mendacino California. When repeat (Peterborough, NH and Mendacino County, CA) clients Heid/ Malina asked for a new studio/guest house in the form of a water tower the budget quickly suggested a simple box structure, material & trimmed to look like a water […]
Draper
Draper In 1996, the Drapers owned a log cabin on Lake Nubanusit in Hancock, NH. In 2003 the Draper’s own four structures of sliced and diced logs, corrugated steel, and boulders. The approach to the camp is a half-mile drive into the woods, during which the car bounces between boulders like a pinball machine. Finally, […]
Barker
BARKER From the final paragraph of William Morgan’s Monadnock Summer book about Dublin: “…the house represents a kind of apogee of the Dublin summer house…the clients and the architect were able to combine several Dublin threads into a perfect coda for this book. Admirers of Charles Platt, the patrons desired something similar to the long […]
Thayer
DUBLIN COTTAGE Excerpt From Art New England, October/November 2000, “Architecture,” by William Morgan Thayer’s cottage pays homage to Mt. Monadnock through its low-key aesthetic. “Making something look like it belongs there is something I like to do,” sums up Daniel Scully’s approach to his architecture. It also describes a cottage in Dublin, New Hampshire, that […]
Porter House
PORTER HOUSE AIANH 2008 This is a home with a special connection to the landscape and its primary view to MountMonadnock. One sees through the entry to the mountain beyond as you move toward the house, a gateway to the view. The fir canopy above the entry and the ramped brick path below draws one […]