A Sense of Place: Houses on Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod

A Sense of Place: Houses on Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod

Thirteen exquisite houses create a portrait of life in one of Americaâ€™s most exclusive coastal destinations, along the beaches of Marthaâ€™s Vineyard and Cape Cod.
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Hutker Architects, led by founding principal Mark A. Hutker, has designed more than three hundred houses along the New England shore. A member of the close community on Marthaâ€™s Vineyard since his arrival in 1985, Hutker has become an expert at interpreting the ideal lifestyles of his clients within the respected traditions and restrictive codes of the beautiful but fragile environment.
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In their design and construction, these houses honor the vernacular traditions of craft and indigenous materials, are deeply respectful of the cherished landscape, and demonstrate a lively range of solutions to building on the bluffs and dunes that line the shores of the Vineyard and Cape Cod. A working organic farm fulfills a familyâ€™s dream of simpler values; a luxurious renovation saves the best of an antique shingle cottage while transforming it for contemporary family life and a raised structure clad in naturally weathered boards combines the legacy of midcentury regional modern architecture with Cape Codâ€™s maritime tradition.
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The firm is committed to the principle â€œBuild once, well,â€ looking to the historic architecture of the region and the inherited experience of its carpenters and craftspeople as inspiration for contemporary design. The result is an architecture that is at once adaptable and livable, yet enduring, efficient, inevitable, and appropriate.
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The houses sit lightly on the land, deferring to their surroundings, often built as a series of modest pavilions linked by passages or grouped to enclose an outdoor space. Creative design solutionsâ€”a light-filled gallery running the full length of a house, a continuous wall of sliding glass doorsâ€”make houses both open to views, but protective in a storm. Specially commissioned photography captures the craftsmanship and the settings of the houses, from dramatic bluffs overlooking the sea to secluded coves and rolling meadows filled with wildflowers, creating a unique portrait of Cape Cod and Marthaâ€™s Vineyard.
Country USA
Brand The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer The Monacelli Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 200 illustrations
Color Grey
ReleaseDate 2015-05-26
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884782134418
EANs 9781580934275

Country	USA
Brand	The Monacelli Press
Manufacturer	The Monacelli Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	200 illustrations
Color	Grey
ReleaseDate	2015-05-26
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884782134418
EANs	9781580934275

A Sense of Place: Houses on Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod

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