Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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living on the North Shore is the proximity to the ocean. So when a couple hired Lexington-based Morehouse MacDonald and Associates, Inc. Architects to build them a classic Cape Ann Shingle-style home in Gloucester to enjoy with family and friends during the summer months and occasionally off-season, the project began by maximizing the water views. "Before we tore down the existing house, we needed to do a mockup for the client in terms of how the views would change were we to build the house at a certain angle," says associate principal Anthony M. Frausto, AIA, LEED AP, the lead architect on the project. "So we put a very large ladder up on the roof of the existing house, and then we climbed up this ladder and took pictures, because that was the proximate level of the new second Morehouse MacDonald and Associates, Inc. design worked to keep views for the client. The interiors offer a relaxed formality. Below, the kitchen opens to a cozy sitting area. 74