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In the Hudson Valley, New York, the “deck”, wryly nick-named during construction, adjoins a charming house in the country amidst a wonderful collection of structures in a beautiful garden.
A sloping site, limited roof height and the position of dormer windows meant a detached, separate building was necessary. This afforded the possibility to make something that, whilst part of the house, could have its own image—it could stand as a building in itself.
The roof line is mirrored from the house, the proportions reflected, and the overall form, whilst distinct from the house, borrows from the agricultural language of the area. The roof pitching north, and with large overhangs, provides ample shade from the summer sun. The structure, white oak, locally sourced and chosen for its robustness, maintains an appropriate image in its context, but one that is offset with a contemporary post and beam construction, avoiding pastiche, and allowing the building a permea