US studio Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware consisting of "simple and pure forms" wrapped in white cedar, salvaged barn wood and fibre-cement panels.
Named after the community where it is located, the Cotton Patch Hills House sits on an oceanfront site in Bethany Beach, Delaware.
Robert Gurney Architect has completed a beachfront house in Delaware
Robert Gurney Architect, a studio based in Washington DC, took cues from the local vernacular to conceive a holiday home for an empty-nester couple.
For a sandy site that faces the water, the team created a rectilinear, three-storey building that totals 5,842 square feet (542 square metres). The house acts as "a modern retreat" with an emphasis on views and indoor-outdoor living. Its design was informed by local vernacular architecture
The building is divided into several gabled-roof volumes, with a glazed connector at the centre.
"The simple and pure forms are designed to respond to the program and site," the team said.
It is clad in cedar shingles and salvaged wood
Along the street elevation, the team added a flat-roofed volume crowned with an aluminium trellis. A rooftop terrace in this volume serves as "a stage to view the sun setting on the western bay".
Facades are clad in white cedar shingles that are expected to weather over time, along with salvaged wood from a Delaware barn. The volume with the trellis is wrapped in dark-toned fibre-cement panels....