Synopses & Reviews
Each year the pristine beaches, lush pine forests, and picturesque New England towns of Martha’s Vineyard draw tens of thousands of admirers to this beautiful island. Some of these visitors have become part-time residents, building contemporary homes alongside the traditional Victorian cottages, sea captains’ mansions, and colonial farmhouses that comprise the island’s cultural and architectural heritage. Rarely does one find such a concentration of outstanding contemporary design.
Authors Keith Moskow and Robert Linn expand their 2005 survey of Vineyard residential design to present twenty-five new houses that extend the traditional Vineyard vernacular of shingled houses and cottages. Each of the architects has described the goals for the project and the source of the design. Some reference nautical themes, others environmental concerns, and still others appropriateness of materials and scale. A significant number rely on a plan strategy based on a series of pavilions to minimize intrusion in the landscape while still taking advantage of views and prevailing breezes. What links the houses is that they are all built to stand the test of time in the sometimes extreme marine environment and they respectfully break with tradition.
About the Author
Keith Moskow and Robert Linn are principals of Moskow Linn Architects in Boston, a firm committed to sustainable, environmentally sensitive architecture. Moskow studied architecture at Dartmouth College and the University of Pennsylvania, and has been a lifelong summer resident of Martha’s Vineyard, where he and Linn have completed multiple architectural commissions. He is the author of The Houses of Martha’s Vineyard, Sustainable Facilities, and Small Scale.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Stonewall Beach Residence
Office of Peter Rose
Highland House
Rick Sundberg/Olson Kundig Architects
MVII
Moskow Linn Architects
Bluff House
Maryann Thompson Architects
Point House
Hart Associates Architects
Snow Point
Hutker Architects
VH R10 gHouse
Darren Petrucci AIA
Pond House
South Mountain Company
Meadow House
Zachary Hinchcliffe with Robert Miklos FAIA/designLAB architects
Camp Manaquayak
Sullivan O’Connor Architects
Professor/Potter House and Studio
MacNelly Cohen Architects
Hilltop House
Weiss + Reed Architects
Quitsa House
Krueger Associates
Meadow House
Patrick R. Crosgrove, Architect
The Sugar Mill
Hutker Architects
Tashmoo Residence
Breese Architects
Chilmark House
Shope Reno Wharton
Aquinnah House
Hecht and Associates Architects
Groove House
Charles Rose Architects
Long House
Michael Barclay
Garden Pool House and Pavilion
Jill Neubauer Architects
Little Camp
Albert, Righer & Tittmann Architects
Trellis House
Handlin Garrahan Zachos and Associates
Cliff House
Steven Blatt Architects
Martha’s Vineyard House
Architecture Research Office