Custom Homes

  • Osprey House

    With its simple shape and clever economy, this 1,440-square-foot waterfront house updates the classic fishing shack.

     
  • Camouflage House

    There is more than one way to do a site-specific building. You can go with the one-with-nature approach or the contrast-to-nature approach. Or you can do a little of both. Johnsen Schmaling Architects made this vacation home modern but used the bark of the trees, the foliage, and the hillside to...

     
  • Laplante Residence

    The prevailing architectural style in Rosemary Beach is “Dutch West Indies,” but the family that commissioned this 5,500-square-foot residence wanted a home blending Italian and Moroccan influences. Fortunately, the irregularly shaped lot was the biggest and farthest from the beach in the TND...

     
  • Stonington House

    The stone walls of medieval hill towns were built to protect residents from intruders and the wilds of nature, but on this home site they metaphorically serve the opposite purpose: to defend the natural landscape against the intrusion of buildings. Surrounded by seven acres of protected wetlands...

     
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    Sound Decisions

    Before Colin Brandt began work on designing a house overlooking Washington state's Puget Sound for Barbara and Peter Bradfield, he spent an afternoon on the Bradfields' boat. Brandt, his wife, and another architect from his Seattle-based firm, The Brandt Design Group, joined the Bradfields on their...