Located in the residential community of Sewall’s Point, the house occupies a two-acre waterfront site overlooking an inland waterway and marina. The structure is embedded into a gently rising hillside, allowing it to engage both the immediate landscape and longer views to the southwest while maintaining privacy and scale within its neighborhood.
Completed in 2008, the 12,300-square-foot residence is organized as a series of interlocking rectilinear volumes connected by a transparent longitudinal axis. Solid and void are carefully balanced, with cantilevered forms, courtyards, and terraces creating a measured interplay between enclosure and openness. This organizational strategy allows the house to feel expansive without becoming monolithic.
A glazed throughway links the two primary volumes, bringing daylight deep into the plan and reinforcing visual connections across the site. Circulation is clear and legible, with program arranged along a gradient from public to private spaces. Separate stairways at either end of the central axis provide discrete access to upper levels and rooftop terraces, supporting flexible movement throughout the house.
Interior spaces are oriented to frame views selectively, revealing water and landscape at controlled moments. Materials—including mahogany, limestone, stucco, and plaster—are used for their durability and tactile quality, grounding the architecture while allowing light to remain the dominant spatial element. Aluminum louvers and structural overhangs moderate solar exposure, particularly in the afternoon.
The kitchen serves as a central gathering space, opening directly to an exterior courtyard through a sliding window wall. This connection reinforces the continuity between interior and exterior living, a defining characteristic of the house and its response to climate, site, and family life.