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Towd Point

Situated on a 6,000 s.f. lot on the Long Island Sound, only 40’ in width, the site for this 1970’s beach cottage came with severely limited possibilities for horizontal expansion, while presenting the possibility of water views from a second floor.

The architectural solution was to build ‘up’, to take advantage of the view and to economize by using the existing footprint.

A two story ‘corkscrew’ of open space was created to connect and lighten the formerly dark and cellular rooms of the existing architecture. It culminated with the new master suite on the second floor, including an outdoor deck, referred to by the owners as their ‘treehouse’. The traditional roof pitch was inverted to allow for a taller exterior window wall which maximizes daylight.

Cedar clapboard, a standing seam metal roof and exposed roof structure are all inspired by the notion of ‘beach cottage’ and assembled in a modern, architectural framework.