Linden House

The renovation reinterprets the home to meet the needs of the current and future generations of the architects that originally designed it. It respects the family legacy while responding to contemporary lifestyle changes and the natural evolution of the landscape surrounding the home. On a wooded site, the wings of this recently renovated residence weave into the landscape. Built in 1956, the lower level of the western wing was designed to house the original owners’ architectural office, accessible through its own entrance. The house originally formed a U-shaped court around a tall specimen linden tree, which unfortunately succumbed to storm winds in 2020 and has been replaced by a carefully chosen young white oak. The material palette of the original building is simple and robust: concrete structural frame with brick infill walls and large expanses of glass framing landscape views and vaulted concrete roofs lending greater scale to main living spaces.