SeaThru is a new, waterfront, modern home. SeaThru was inspired by the mid-century modern homes from our area, known as the Sarasota School of Architecture. This homes designed to offer more than the standard, ubiquitous rear-yard waterfront outdoor space. A central courtyard offer the residents a respite from the heat that accompanies west sun, and creates a gorgeous intermediate view fro guest staying in the semi-attached guest suite, who can actually SEE THROUGH the main living space and enjoy the bay views. Noble materials such as stone cladding, oak floors, composite wood louver screens and generous amounts of glass lend to a relaxed, warm-contemporary feeling not typically common to these types of homes. Photos by Ryan Gamma Photography

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Tucker Design Awards celebrate the innovation and vision that designers bring to their projects through the specification and use of natural stone materials. For members of the Natural Stone Institute, acknowledgement as a contributor to a Tucker Design Awards winning project is a genuine tribute to their traditional values, physicality of work and dedication to precise specifications required in the realization of such accomplished architectural design. Landscape Architect Design Workshop, Aspen, CO Architect Poss Architecture, Aspen, CO Landscape Contractor Landscape Workshop, Carbondale, CO Stone Supplier/Installer Gallegos Corporation, Wolcott, CO Stone Quarry Arkins Park Stone, Loveland, CO Within walled boundaries, Woody Creek Garden embraces its high alpine environment through explorations of stone and water that serve as unifying elements of form in the design of the various outdoor spaces. Through striking and distinctively detailed stonework, water is portrayed in its various states and forms – atmospheric mist, single rivulets, cascades, and still pools. Two courtyards interlink the residence allowing each room to enjoy the visual landscape. In the entrance courtyard, the sound from a carved 24”x 24” cut-granite fountain reverberates throughout the walled space. Placed for gathering and quiet contemplation, a pin-wheel arrangement of sculptural, granite slabs provide a honed surface for sitting while providing year-round interest. Each stone was individually specified with intentionally spaced core fractures, utilizing the extraction method to serve as sculpted details. Large sandstone pavers, set in sand and cut in an irregular, but geometric fashion bring a sense of modernity to the space. Throughout the property, stone detailing seek to heighten one’s experience of the landscape and views. Upon the home’s entry, an 18” rectilinear cut in the freestanding stone wall frames a distant peak, creating a singular reference to the outside world in this encased space. Emerging from the center of an organically-shaped carved sandstone slab, water is carried along a narrow 2” runnel sandstone cap, disappearing into the framed horizon. This glimpse to the west is the only opening in the tightly enclosed courtyard. From its opposite aspect, the feature creates a welcoming gesture at the home’s front entrance. The slender rivulet of water trickles from the sandstone slab above onto a honed granite plane, set within a sandstone terrace In contrast, a second promontory courtyard commands a strong presence over its alpine setting, leaving the steeply sloping site undisturbed. A 12’x 40’ reflecting pool – a thin sheet of water over honed black granite – captures the form and silence of the everchanging natural environment on its taut surface. Along its edge, water flows over a ½” radius edge, disappearing into a recirculating slot. Commissioned by Italian artist Bruno Romeda, a bronze sculpture rests upon an elevated granite plinth. Along its western edge, designers crafted a two-tiered, infinity edge detail. In the first vertical drop, water flows between the pool and perimeter stone walls, landing onto an intermediate bench, while the second drop introduces a chamfered edge, allowing water to embrace the vertical relief without splashing. Sandstone terraces provide continuous access to the various landscape features of the garden. At the base of the battered perimeter walls, a sandstone path leads to a fire pit, encircled by lichen-covered boulders. Along the courtyard’s eastern perimeter, water appears to emerge from the hillside, fracturing and falling against the irregular vertical stone wall, melting in a curtain-like formation behind the spa. The colors, distinctive detailing and striking stonework were selected based on their appropriateness to the context. From above, a rectilinear pool lies behind the wall, silently mirroring the sky above and offering no ostensible connection to the structure or to its source.

Wainscot Greatroom Builder: Platt Builders design team: Tim Hess, Design Director Tricia Upton, Interior Decorator both for Platt Builders photographs: Greg Premru featured in the November/December issue of Design New England magazine. design challenge: shape and organize the irregular and awkward central great-room space built in the 1980s to connect the original 18th century house to the 19th century barn. add interior wrapper and intermediate transitional spaces to serve the primary adjacent space

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Offering the space with an intermediate tone, these Acacia Ash floor tile pull together the space. Additionally, the wooden texture of the flooring goes great with the materiality of the wooden vanity!

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Stairway and corner window at intermediate landing. Photo: Allan Karchmer
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New Model Now Open! Tour our Hayward model home, offering a low-maintenance, step-free design. Fischer Homes is offering new home designs from our Masterpiece, Low-Maintenance Designer, and Condominium Collections, Villa II and Gallery II in Lebanon, Ohio, located in Warren County. Home of the Shaker Run Golf Club. Receive a free 1-year membership with a new home purchase. The low-maintenance ranches within our Designer Collection as well as our Condominium Collections include yard work and snow removal. Elevate your lifestyle in this stunning community! Amenities: Shaker Run’s amenities include multiple swimming pools, pavilion, state-of-the-art fitness center, playground, and lakes. There is also walking trail access to Warren County Armco Park and boat ramp access to 110-acre Warren County Armco Park Lake. Location: Located off of Greentree Road with easy access to I-75. Visit Shaker Run in Lebanon and explore what makes this community a great place to live. Recreation: Conveniently located between Cincinnati and Dayton, Shaker Run is close to an abundance of shopping, dining, and recreation at historic downtown Lebanon, Cincinnati Premium Outlets, Liberty Center, and Austin Landing. Schools: Shaker Run is in the Lebanon City School District - Berry intermediate School, Lebanon Junior High School, and Lebanon High School.

New Model Now Open! Tour our Hayward model home, offering a low-maintenance, step-free design. Fischer Homes is offering new home designs from our Masterpiece, Low-Maintenance Designer, and Condominium Collections, Villa II and Gallery II in Lebanon, Ohio, located in Warren County. Home of the Shaker Run Golf Club. Receive a free 1-year membership with a new home purchase. The low-maintenance ranches within our Designer Collection as well as our Condominium Collections include yard work and snow removal. Elevate your lifestyle in this stunning community! Amenities: Shaker Run’s amenities include multiple swimming pools, pavilion, state-of-the-art fitness center, playground, and lakes. There is also walking trail access to Warren County Armco Park and boat ramp access to 110-acre Warren County Armco Park Lake. Location: Located off of Greentree Road with easy access to I-75. Visit Shaker Run in Lebanon and explore what makes this community a great place to live. Recreation: Conveniently located between Cincinnati and Dayton, Shaker Run is close to an abundance of shopping, dining, and recreation at historic downtown Lebanon, Cincinnati Premium Outlets, Liberty Center, and Austin Landing. Schools: Shaker Run is in the Lebanon City School District - Berry intermediate School, Lebanon Junior High School, and Lebanon High School.

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New Model Now Open! Tour our Hayward model home, offering a low-maintenance, step-free design. Fischer Homes is offering new home designs from our Masterpiece, Low-Maintenance Designer, and Condominium Collections, Villa II and Gallery II in Lebanon, Ohio, located in Warren County. Home of the Shaker Run Golf Club. Receive a free 1-year membership with a new home purchase. The low-maintenance ranches within our Designer Collection as well as our Condominium Collections include yard work and snow removal. Elevate your lifestyle in this stunning community! Amenities: Shaker Run’s amenities include multiple swimming pools, pavilion, state-of-the-art fitness center, playground, and lakes. There is also walking trail access to Warren County Armco Park and boat ramp access to 110-acre Warren County Armco Park Lake. Location: Located off of Greentree Road with easy access to I-75. Visit Shaker Run in Lebanon and explore what makes this community a great place to live. Recreation: Conveniently located between Cincinnati and Dayton, Shaker Run is close to an abundance of shopping, dining, and recreation at historic downtown Lebanon, Cincinnati Premium Outlets, Liberty Center, and Austin Landing. Schools: Shaker Run is in the Lebanon City School District - Berry intermediate School, Lebanon Junior High School, and Lebanon High School.

This inner-city garden was designed to meet the needs of a young family who like to entertain but still required solutions for storage and off street parking. Key to the design was connecting the two different areas of the lower courtyard with the upper carstand area. A solution was obtained through constructing an intermediate landing with built in seating and a new gas BBQ. An open style steel balustrade allows for safety between the two areas and visually takes full advantage of the depth of the property. All-weather protection provided by retractable awnings to both upper and lower areas ensures year round enjoyment. Sliding doors in the garage help the generous storage recede into the design. Spotted gum hardwood timber decking extends the internal areas outside and the wrap around steps further connect the spaces by providing an inviting entry to the BBQ area. A large floating timber bench seat is both practical and breaks up the large retaining wall to the upper carport. A grey and white colour palette provides a sophisticated look whilst highlighting punctuations of playful colour and contemporary styling to link the children’s play areas with the home.

Dining space is a central part of the open-space great room with floor to ceiling glass all around, bringing the outside views to the bay and surrounding jungle as part of the space. Wood panel ceiling turns down onto the custom cabinets within the volcanic stone-clad pillars and define the space.

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