Curved oak kitchen cabinetry is among the new additions to a 25-year-old, half-dome dwelling in the Catskills partially renovated by American studio DAAM.
Located in the town of Roxbury, the Shell House serves as a vacation retreat for a young family from Brooklyn.
Seymour Rutkin built Shell House in 1996
In addition, the owners open it up twice a year for an artist-in-residence program through their organisation, Shell House Arts. The 2,300-square-foot (214-square-metre) dwelling has three bedrooms and a loft with studio space.
The original structure was designed in 1996 by American architect Seymour Rutkin, who used the home until his death in 2007.
DAAM was tasked with revamping the entryway and kitchen
He created the house with input from the Monolithic Dome Institute, a Texas-based company that designs and builds domes for a range of purposes. "The house served as a prototype for Mr Rutkin's utopian vision for the new single-family home," said DAAM, a Chicago-based studio started in 2016.
A new mahogany front door with circular windows
The home is shaped like part of an oblate ellipsoid ? a type of imperfect sphere. Its walls are made of sprayed concrete.
The south elevation features a patchwork of translucent and frosted glazed panels, along with orange panels made of insulated porcelain on aluminium.
DAAM was tasked with renovating the building's entryway and kitchen, along with replacing a supplemental heating system. The goal was to update the dwelling fo...