Deborah Berke & Partners Sackett Hill House
Description
Warren, CT 3,100 square feet Net Zero Ready Type: Houses / Interiors Theme: Tranquility in the Country Set on historic farmland in northwestern Connecticut, the Sackett Hill House is a highly sustainable and rigorously modern house that sits nestled between native meadows and treed woodland. The house is composed of simple volumes arranged inside a compact footprint and clad in darkened wood siding that recedes and mingles with the woodland shadows. The rigorously-modern composition of glass and blackened wood contrasts with the rustic wooded hillside and old stone walls on the property. The house offers numerous other physical and visual connections to the meadow outside and mountains beyond. All of the family’s program—four bedrooms, a library, home office, kitchen, screen porch and large open living area—are on one floor in two long volumes forming an “L”, one side of which contains the public areas, the other side the more private spaces. Polished concrete floors reflect the abundant natural night. Pale wood paneling lines the walls of many of the interior volumes, adding warmth and texture to the interiors. The black-stained wood siding was a revelation — it almost reduces the house to a pure and simple volume that fits into the trees and unfolding hills. Caroline Wharton Ewing Project Lead - Interiors Early design sketch of Sackett Hill House
Details
Year: 2020
3,100 sq ft
Architect
Description
Warren, CT 3,100 square feet Net Zero Ready Type: Houses / Interiors Theme: Tranquility in the Country Set on historic farmland in northwestern Connecticut, the Sackett Hill House is a highly sustainable and rigorously modern house that sits nestled between native meadows and treed woodland. The house is composed of simple volumes arranged inside a compact footprint and clad in darkened wood siding that recedes and mingles with the woodland shadows. The rigorously-modern composition of glass and blackened wood contrasts with the rustic wooded hillside and old stone walls on the property. The house offers numerous other physical and visual connections to the meadow outside and mountains beyond. All of the family’s program—four bedrooms, a library, home office, kitchen, screen porch and large open living area—are on one floor in two long volumes forming an “L”, one side of which contains the public areas, the other side the more private spaces. Polished concrete floors reflect the abundant natural night. Pale wood paneling lines the walls of many of the interior volumes, adding warmth and texture to the interiors. The black-stained wood siding was a revelation — it almost reduces the house to a pure and simple volume that fits into the trees and unfolding hills. Caroline Wharton Ewing Project Lead - Interiors Early design sketch of Sackett Hill House
Details
Year: 2020
3,100 sq ft
