--- title: "MacNelly Cohen Architects P.C. — Architects & Building Designers | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/macnelly-cohen-architects-p-c-pfvwus-pf~562316043 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~562316043.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "MacNelly Cohen Architects P.C." category: ["Architects"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/ddb3b2160400efc1_7725-w400-h400-b1-p10--.jpg address: "PO Box 661, West Tisbury, Massachusetts 02575, United States" latitude: 41.4212 longitude: -70.6428 phone: "(508) 693-4043" website: http://www.macnellycohen.com rating: 0 review_count: 0 followers: 18 last_updated: 2026-09-20 --- # MacNelly Cohen Architects P.C. Original Houzz profile: [MacNelly Cohen Architects P.C.](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/macnelly-cohen-architects-p-c-pfvwus-pf~562316043) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Architects - **Location:** West Tisbury, MA - **Serves:** Falmouth, Martha's Vineyard, Edgartown, West Tisbury, Vineyard Haven, Chilmark, Oak Bluffs, Woods Hole, Menemsha, Nomans Land, West Chop - **Houzz rating:** 0.0 out of 5 (0 reviews) ## About ### Houzz Badges - 1,000 Ideabook Saves Since Bruce MacNelly and Linda Cohen started their practice on Martha's Vineyard in 1983, their primary focus has been on residential work in and around their island base, including projects in Rhode Island and Connecticut. In addition to his role as principal in MacNelly Cohen Architects, Bruce MacNelly has had an extensive academic career, teaching architectural design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University; the Rhode Island School of Design; Wentworth Institute of Technology; the University of Pennsylvania; and Princeton, Temple, and Louisiana Tech Universities. We believe that the practice of architecture is primarily the art of making places, not of making objects; and that intelligently made these places can inspire us to live within them with joy and a sense of well-being. Among our tools in this work are inspiration and analysis, poetry and technology, space and material. Like any other art, architecture is about spirit as much as substance, and a work of architecture can be understood both as a freestanding object and as part of a larger order of things, dependent for its life on its culture, its site, its program, and above all its inhabitants. The rich historical fabric of the island of Martha's Vineyard, where we work and live, provides us with many contexts within which to build, from Greek Revival to Shingle Style to simple farmhouse. It is our intent to refer lovingly to these precedents, while allowing a sense of modernity to pervade our work as well. We believe that the resulting dialogue between the present and the past contributes to the richness and resonance of the places we make. The diverse nature of the work represented by the photographs and drawings here is therefore a reflection of the differences found from project to project in site, in program, and especially in the concerns and desires of each client. At the same time, we hope that the images will also reveal a common set of qualities which we seek to bring to our buildings - volumetric clarity, a celebration of light, a connection to the landscape, and an expression of character through building. ### Services Provided - Architectural Design - Building Design - Home Remodeling - Architectural Drawings - Custom Homes - Home Additions - Home Extensions - Kitchen Design - Sustainable Design - Kitchen Remodeling - Energy-Efficient Homes - Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) - Green Building - Bathroom Design - Space Planning - Guesthouse Design & Construction - Universal Design - Multigenerational Homes - Pool House Design & Construction - Historic Building Conservation - Handicap-Accessible Design - Outdoor Kitchen Design - Barn Design & Construction - Mudroom Design - Staircase Design - Deck Design - Modular Home Additions - Passive Solar Heating & Cooling ### Areas Served - Falmouth - Martha's Vineyard - Edgartown - West Tisbury - Vineyard Haven - Chilmark - Oak Bluffs - Woods Hole - Menemsha - Nomans Land - West Chop ### Typical Job Cost $80,000 - 8 million Our fee is typically 10% of the construction cost ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | MacNelly Cohen Architects P.C. | | Address | PO Box 661, West Tisbury, Massachusetts 02575, United States | | Phone | (508) 693-4043 | | Website | http://www.macnellycohen.com | | License Number | MA: \#5641 | | Followers on Houzz | 18 | ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [MacNelly Cohen Architects P.C.](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/macnelly-cohen-architects-p-c-pfvwus-pf~562316043) - **Website:** http://www.macnellycohen.com - **Phone:** (508) 693-4043 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - Featured in a variety of publications, including Martha's Vineyard Contemporary Living, published by The Monacelli Press; Architectural Detailing in Residential Interiors, published by the Whitney Library of Design; The Boston Globe Magazine; Elle Décor; and several other publications. **Affiliations** - [NCARB](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/schools-and-organizations/ncarb-pfvwus-pf~1477640315) ## Selected projects - [Modern Lake Street House in Vineyard Haven](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/modern-lake-street-house-in-vineyard-haven-pj-vj~3497746) - Location: Tisbury, MA - Photos: 6 - Description: The site for this four-bedroom home in Vineyard Haven was a narrow wooded lot, with a steeply inclined slope running from front to back. In response to the modernist aesthetic favored by the clients, and in deference to budgetary restrictions, the house was conceived as a simple rectangular volume. The exterior was given complexity and richness by virtue of a tightly composed siding arrangement, comprised of gray and charcoal cement board panels alternating with expanses of horizontal fir boards… - [Modern Farmhouse in Chilmark](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/modern-farmhouse-in-chilmark-pj-vj~3497692) - Location: Chilmark, MA - Photos: 18 - Description: This house, on a rolling seaside meadow, is comprised of a living wing, a bedroom wing for family, and a separate structure for guests. The house was nestled into the slope of the meadow, with the different elements of the program being articulated as distinct, almost autonomous structures. Through their massing, detailing, and materials, these elements were conceived as traditional one-story buildings, arranged in the landscape to suggest the idea of a farmstead whose various components - house… - [East Chop Renovation \| Contemporary Craftsman Home Design](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/east-chop-renovation-contemporary-craftsman-home-design-pj-vj~3497782) - Location: Oak Bluffs, MA - Photos: 13 - Description: The existing house was formerly a classic example of the Shingle Style, much of whose original character had been erased in subsequent renovations. What details remained, particularly on the exterior, became templates for the detailing of the new work. The house was almost entirely gutted, and while the original footprint remained more or less intact due to conservation restrictions, the third floor volume, in particular, was reconfigured to allow existing spaces on the upper level to take fulle… - [Windy Gates Addition & Renovation \| Converted Rustic Barn](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/windy-gates-addition-and-renovation-converted-rustic-barn-pj-vj~5696780) - Location: Chilmark, MA - Photos: 8 - Description: The existing clapboard house was extensively renovated, inside and outside, to accommodate Kitchen and Dining on the first floor, and the Master Bedroom suite on the second. An extensive addition providing additional sitting space on the first floor, and bedrooms above. Covered porches connect both the original structure and the addition to the yard, which is further defined by detached guest quarters, converted from a small existing barn. - [Rustic Barn Renovation](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/rustic-barn-renovation-pj-vj~3497772) - Location: Chilmark, MA - Photos: 11 - Description: One of the most satisfying aspects of this project was the material palette we were asked to work with. The existing barn – still largely in its original state when we started work on the project – was a wonderfully rich canvas to begin with. In addition, the client’s aspirations had as much to do with the desired character of the spaces as with the accommodation of certain activities within them. This character was, for him, closely tied to materials – their color, texture, and associations. As… - [Coastal Contemporary Stonewall Beach House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/coastal-contemporary-stonewall-beach-house-pj-vj~3497699) - Location: Chilmark, MA - Photos: 14 - Description: This house was conceived as a large, simple volume with a series of discrete events attached to or embedded within it. These events are seen as both objects and places, intended to help define the more generalized spaces around them and to mediate the relationship between these spaces and the landscape. each event has a different character, a different relationship to site, and a different material rendering. At the same time, they are linked in the continuous spatial field of the house and site… - [Traditional, Modern Farmhouse with Studio in Chilmark](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/traditional-modern-farmhouse-with-studio-in-chilmark-pj-vj~3497762) - Location: Chilmark, MA - Photos: 13 - Description: MACNELLY COHEN ARCHITECTS P.C. HOME MISSION HOUSES SKETCHBOOK ABOUT / CONTACT HOUSE AND STUDIO, CHILMARK This house for a philosophy professor, a ceramic artist, and their two children, is located on a wooded hillside in Chilmark, with distant views toward the ocean to the south and the rolling inland hills to the north. Because of the sloping topography of the site, the house was broken into three volumes, each articulated as a kind of autonomous vernacular piece. These contain the open living/… - [Lagoon House \| Contemporary Craftsman](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/lagoon-house-contemporary-craftsman-pj-vj~5696757) - Location: Oak Bluffs, MA - Photos: 10 - Description: The site overlooks the Lagoon in Oak Bluffs. The original house on the lot was comprised of several small structures cobbled together in an informal arrangement. Conservation restrictions required that the new construction maintain the existing footprint. The resulting composition articulated each of the resulting volumes as distinct elements, unified by a vaulted roof system reflecting the hierarchy of the spaces in the program - Living Room with Master suite above, in the large barrel-vaulted… - [Vineyard Haven Renovation with Guest House \| Craftsman](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/vineyard-haven-renovation-with-guest-house-craftsman-pj-vj~5696769) - Location: Tisbury, MA - Photos: 8 - [Traditional, Rustic Home Build in the Woods \| Farm Neck House](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/traditional-rustic-home-build-in-the-woods-farm-neck-house-pj-vj~5698073) - Location: Tisbury, MA - Photos: 8 - Description: The house sits on a heavily wooded lot, the surrounding landscape providing privacy for the broad east and west elevations. The central living space is a two-story volume which opens to the landscape on each side. To the east, the slight curve of the living room wall helps to define the outdoor deck area; to the west, secondary volumes containing bedrooms, a study tower, and a detached garage enclose a landscaped lawn area which includes a swimming pool. - [Land's End House \| Unique, Craftsman in Cape Poge Bay](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/land-s-end-house-unique-craftsman-in-cape-poge-bay-pj-vj~5696792) - Location: Tisbury, MA - Photos: 7 - Description: The site was the farthest point on North Neck on Chappaquiddick, extending out into Cape Poge Bay. Conservation setbacks to either side restricted the building width to a long, narrow envelope. The house was conceived as an upside-down arrangement of spaces - bedrooms below, and living areas above, where the sense of being almost entirely surrounded by water was intensified. Screened porches were placed at either end of the upper level, connected along each side by narrow decks, further strength… [See all 11 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/architects-and-building-designers/macnelly-cohen-architects-p-c-pfvwus-pf~562316043) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-20.*