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Weston House

September 16, 2014

Site size: 3.5 acres Project size: 2,400 square feet Program: Bud and Colleen Konheim asked Specht Harpman Architects to design a light-filled, yet private modern cottage on a wooded site adjacent to the Saugatuck River in southwestern Connecticut. Location: The house is in a river valley, a steep 80-foot drop from the main road along the ridgeline. Solution: The architects immersed the concrete and glass house in the landscape so that a series of green rooftop terraces gently step down from the street to the river below. The house, T-shaped in plan, consists of two perpendicular rectilinear volumes: The first,

Harbor Residence

March 16, 2014

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A family asked Connecticut-based architect Joeb Moore to convert a bulky 1980s-era house into an airy dwelling to accommodate its contemporary art collection and showcase panoramic views of the Long Island Sound.

Yale University Art Gallery Renovation and Expansion

Stitches in Time: A well-executed renovation, along with a few carefully conceived insertions, weaves together a museum’s trio of stylistically distinct landmarks.

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

February 15, 2013

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The Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) is inaptly named. The word “gallery” doesn't convey the institution's size and its almost encyclopedic scope, with holdings that number more than 200,000 objects encompassing an array of eras, cultures, and media.

SANAA Unveils Design for First U.S. Building Since Pritzker Win

Laura Raskin

September 26, 2012

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Located on 75 acres of preserved land in New Canaan, Connecticut, the 65,000-square-foot transparent volume will serve as a headquarters for the nonprofit Grace Farms Foundation.

W. F. Kaynor Technical High School

January 16, 2012

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A three-story public technical high school with 212,000 square feet—82,000 renovated, 130,000 new—including classrooms, offices, science labs, a library, a gymnasium, a wood shop, and an auto shop.

Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges

KieranTimberlake’s renovation and expansion retains the medieval-modern spirit of the Eero Saarinen–designed complex at Yale.

Suzanne Stephens

November 15, 2011

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While regarded as one of Eero Saarinen's most distinctive works during his short career, the Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges at Yale University (1958–62) in New Haven have long seemed more appealing in photographs than in real life.

The Cushing Center

July 16, 2011

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A 1,700-square-foot museum devoted to pioneer neurosurgeon Dr. Harvey Cushing, located in a sub-basement of the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at the Yale School of Medicine.

Glass/Wood House by Kengo Kuma and Associates

New Canaan, Connecticut

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

April 16, 2011

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For his first commission in the United States, Kengo Kuma had to carefully design an expansion to a mid-century Modern house in Connecticut.

18.36.54 House

Suzanne Stephens

April 16, 2011

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A house is not a museum. And the clients for a 3,000-square-foot weekend retreat in Connecticut clearly knew that.

Artreehouse

New Fairfield, Connecticut

David Sokol

March 1, 2010

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With perhaps the exception of the architecture of the Machine Age, buildings across history have collaborated with nature. Tara and its southern kin wouldn’t sport generous porches if their makers hadn’t recognized the need to deflect direct sunlight from interiors.