Architectural Record – August 2019

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perspectivehouse of the month

All the public rooms on this level, 12 feet above

grade, face the water: the living room and office open

out to a deck, while the dining area and screened

porch, contained in a separate structure on the west

end, sit on concrete piers. A wing at a 90­degree angle

to this bar­shaped volume accommodates a bedroom

and south­facing master bedroom suite, while the

ground floor has a sauna and two more bedrooms for

the couple’s family.

The owners wanted a pool, but removed it to the

southern part of the site “so the children can throw

parties without disturbing the parents,” says Ryall. He

also designed the low­maintenance landscaping, adding

maples, bayberry, hornbeam, wild cherry, and a copper

beech to the grassy meadow.

The all­electric, $700­per­square­foot house has a

high­performance wall assembly and an energy­recovery

ventilator, says Rodrigo Zamora, the project architect.

Triple­pane windows and solar panels help make this

elegantly crafted treehouse a net zero dwelling that

produces all the energy it consumes. n

Wendy Moonan is the author of New York Interiors: New

York’s Most Memorable Rooms.

The screened porch and dining area on the west end of the house (left)

are lifted 12 feet above the ground—as are the kitchen and living areas

to the east—to capture an expansive view of the Long Island Sound.

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