Mountain Vista
The owners of stunning property in
Waterbury requested that the design of their full-time residence would
tie organically into the rocky hillside and surrounding mixed hardwood/softwood
forest. We designed an Adirondack style home that is anchored to the landscape
with a stone base and shingled siding and roof material. The...
landscape features
dry laid stone walls linking locally harvested boulders and interlaced
with gorgeous border gardens planted by Itinerant Gardeners of Stowe, VT.
The programmatic intent of the landscape design includes a 20’ x 40’ gunite
swimming pool...
(by Northeast Pools & Spas)
with a blue stone coping set into a lawn terrace, a five person spa adjacent
to the exercise room and cascading, winding stone stairways held by rugged
boulders. The concepts of journey and destination connect the built to
the natural perimeter landscape. Over 150 conifer trees were planted...
to rebuild the natural
vegetation as viewed from the driveway and to help screen the house when
viewed from offsite.
