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addition to preserve continuity with the
existing home while giving a distinct character to the new structure.
Years before work began on the addition, the landscape architecture company
Gregory Lombardi Design had constructed a low stonewall garden overlooking
the water. Foley drew inspiration from its
circular form for the tower. Curving the
mahogany slats to form the circular shape
of the tower was perhaps the biggest construction challenge, Foley says.
A challenge of a different sort was
creating a carport that didn't obscure the
waterfront views that revealed themselves
halfway down the driveway—hence, the
trellis-like structure and the open base of
the tower. "We wanted to make a more focused view of the water beyond," Foley says.
Deborah Howe, a landscape architect
with Wolf Lighthall, helped Foley blend the
addition into the existing landscape. Additionally, Howe worked with Make Architectural Metalworking Ltd. to design and fabricate a scupper on the side of the addition;
the water that collects in the valley of the
butterfly roof pours into the scupper, drips
down a rain chain, and lands onto a carved
rock below. "It was something that seemed
fun, to sort of make a sculpture object on
the house," Foley says of the scupper.
Perhaps the most remarkable aspect
of the project was that, in the year that
lapsed from those first conversations
with the homeowners until the finishing
touches were completed, very little of
that initial design changed. "Sometimes,
as architects, you get slightly weird
ideas," Foley says. "And sometimes, the
thing that made the idea special gets
lessened through people being cautious, or concerned, or not wanting to do
something too outrageous." But this time
around, clients and contractors alike embraced the unconventional. The last thing
the landscape needed was something
ordinary—and when the landscape spoke,
everyone was listening. foleyfiore.com
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