In the Country
Arts and Crafts House on a Hill
Location: Mendon, NY
Our client found this rural site in Mendon, New York overlooking wooded wetlands many years prior to building. The house features a timbered great room made from locally sourced larch, a species of conifer that drops its needles seasonally. A wide plank cherry floor compliments the warm color of the timbers. An interesting but subtle detail can be found in the tapered side walls of the bedroom dormers. A stone terrace is accessed off the kitchen for entertaining and grilling.
Photography by: Don Cochran
Lantern in the Woods
Location: Victor, NY
A client bought wooded acreage to in order to properly create a Adirondack style home. The husband can deer hunt out the back and the wife can get a coffee at Starbucks just down the street. The home is built into an hillside to allow the guest rooms to be in the lower part of the home. The first floor contains the master bedroom suite. The rear yard includes a timber porch and an outdoor fire place.
Timber Frame by: New Energy Works
Photography by: Don Cochran
Fly-In Fly-Out Timber Frame Lodge
Location: Western New York
This home is built alongside a small airport to allow the owner to walk to his airplane hanger. The walls and windows provide an extra measure of sound control to help keep the house peaceful inside. The house is organized around two large spaces. The soaring great room is framed by reclaimed white oak timbers and features nice views of the runway. Big game trophies have a home in a sixteen foot high, thirty foot long paneled trophy room.
Photography by: Don Cochran
Greenside Craftsman
Location: Canandaigua, NY
This home is situated on the lot in order to take advantage of views across a green and its rolling fairway of a Robert Trent Jones designed golf course carved into wooded hills above Canandaigua Lake. The slope of the property suggested a side entry layout which also allowed plenty of sunlight into the open floor plan. A three season room pavilion built out over the hillside allows great views of the scenery late into the colorful fall found in upstate New York.
Photography by: Don Cochran
The New Country House
Location: Mendon, NY
The hybrid timber framed house is organized around three gabled volumes facing the entry. The house connects to the expansive property with three timbered porches. Wings of the house wrap around a south facing patio and pool area. Plans for the property include creating a barn, a playing field and an orchard.
Photography by: Don Cochran
Georgian Inspired Country Villa
Location: Victor, NY
The central block features French doors opening onto a front terrace level on either side of the entry porch. The house faces a large formal elliptical driveway and garden while the rear faces an informal yard and wooded stream. The classic lines of the house are reinforced with a limestone base, classic columns and corbeled soffits. The interior features floor plans open for entertaining large gatherings.
Photography by: Don Cochran
Cul-De-Sac Surprise
Location: Upstate New York
After trying multiple design teams, the client came to DWA with frustration as they had not made progress toward the design of their dream home. With the advantage of digital modeling through the schematic process the design came alive for them. Once the construction drawings were done the clients spent two years building the house to get every detail just right. Guests will be surprised to find this beautiful home at the end of a suburban cul-de-sac.
Photography by: Don Cochran