Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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42 SUMMER 2020 N EW ENGLAND'S RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE AND design has a rich history and distinct vernacular. In this summer issue, we share with you some of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art's New England Chapter's 2020 Bulfinch Award winners. The ICAA is the leading nonprofit dedicated to advancing the classical tradition in architecture, urbanism, and their allied arts. It does so through education, publication, and advocacy and offers programs that are designed to promote the appreciation and practice of classical and traditional design, including classes, travel, lectures, and conferences. As the vice president of this wonderful chapter, I would like to share with you some of the best traditional work from architects, designers, and landscape designers in New England. —Nancy E. Berry RESIDENTIAL (NEW CONSTRUCTION) OVER 5,000 SF Hendricks Churchill for "Oblong Valley Greek Revival" Two years in the making, this regal Greek Revival country house is the work of Connecticut-based Hendricks Churchill. Located in the Hudson Valley, on the upstate New York line, it is the firm's response to what the clients desired—namely, a house with a sense of history. The goal was to design a classically vignettes nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ Hendricks Churchhill wins for a stunning new Greek Revival in the Hudson Valley. influenced structure that remained understated in its composition and detailing. "It was important to them that there be a precedent," explains principal Rafe Churchill. "We went up and down the Hudson Valley looking at historic houses and other structures, including local churches, which helped us resolve a lot of the details on this house." The stately front portico is what people respond to immediately. Churchill feels the eight dormers on the third story play a key part in the livability of the house; they belong to the bedrooms, which enjoy the best view from the house. The east and west wings are devoid of the pronounced architectural details that distinguish the main house; they are intended to be pared down relations that support rather than detract from the primary volume. They lack shutters and have flush board siding rather than clapboard, which Churchill says helped to prevent the structure from being overwhelming. The interiors are more open than would have been found in a historic house of this style. "They wanted to be able to live in the house without it dictating their lifestyle as an old house would," says Churchill, noting the unembellished millwork. The crown molding, baseboards, and ceiling treatments are simpler and lean more contemporary than the exterior might PHOTOGRAPH BY TIM LENZ