Traditional Values

The DePippos came to us with a lot that was an opportunity as well as a challenge. The site is a dune rising 26 feet from the front of the lot to the back, with 8 feet of slope across the building pad. The building pad was shaped like a frying pan, limiting where we could put the house. Our solution is an “upside down” cottage with the public spaces and master bedroom on the top floor. This allows us to see over waterfront houses below. We designed a “lighthouse” in the middle of the living room to spread sunlight throughout the upstairs and shine down the stairs to the first floor. The first floor contains bedrooms and a secondary den for family members. While the main house is in the center of the building pad, we used the “pan handle” to site the garage with a guest suite above. Porches on both the South and North elevations provide outside rooms for either hot or cold days.