The design of this house in St. Michaels, Maryland was greatly influenced by environmental regulations, zoning requirements and restrictive building codes specific to this site. The existing Dutch Colonial Style house, built in 1989, was located within a One-Hundred Foot Buffer Zone on Solitude Creek, a small estuary in this Maryland Eastern Shore town. A recently adopted Floodplain Management Ordinance mandated that no new structures be built within the Buffer Zone, and that all renovated or altered existing structures be updated to meet new zoning, building and environmental code requirements. 

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Architects: Robert Gurney Architect

Location: 6937 Pea Neck Rd, St Michaels, MD 21663, USA
Architect In Charge: Robert Gurney

Project Architect: Kara McHone

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Anice Hoachlander

Contractor: Thinkmakebuild

Structural Engineer: D. Anthony Beale LLC

Civil Engineer: Land Surveys, Inc.

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From the architect. The design of this house in St. Michaels, Maryland was greatly influenced by environmental regulations, zoning requirements and restrictive building codes specific to this site. The existing Dutch Colonial Style house, built in 1989, was located within a One-Hundred Foot Buffer Zone on Solitude Cree...