Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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84 Facing the Atlantic Ocean full-on, the North Shore coast was once a lookout spot for fishing fleets and for pirate and enemy ships, both British and French. Today, private residences are privy to the same unparalleled vistas—views that architect Tobin Shulman praises as nothing less than "phenomenal." Artistically craggy rock masses cluster in the foreground, while islands sprout among the whitecaps farther out. It's hard to imagine that homeowners here haven't always capitalized on their enviable vantage point, but lifestyles were different in decades past, as were a homeowner's priorities, points out Shulman, a principal at SV Design in Beverly. Tapped to execute a replace- ment for a behind-the-times teardown, the architect Clockwise from top left: The texture and richness of the classic Shingle-style home come from its architectural shapes and flairs. Looking from the dining room into the living room with its stone hearth. A peek into the office where natural-wood touches add character. The back hall's stone veneer and wood paneling hint at the home being added on to over time, even though all the construction took place at the same time.