House Gallery

Here is a gallery of homes that we have done in recent years. Each house is a result of a particular set of circumstances created by the site, the client's program and budget and just as importantly, our clients dreams. While the stylistic response varies, we think all these houses are a success for their clients and for their environment. We'd like to do one for you.

Please note: Only houses with red text are available as plans from our Lucia's Little Houses division.

#06-04

A lakefront home in Illinois with an interior that is inspired by the Prairie variant of the Craftsman style. Our clients wanted the house to fit in on the lake, but be exciting to live in at the same time.

#90-00

Available from Lucia's Little Houses division. Our own house in Blue Hill that we renovated in the early 90's. This was one of the older houses in town, and it was important to us that it see another 100 years (at least.)

#06-20

This is a work studio and get-away for the owners when they have guests in their primary house. My client calls it- 'The big house's edgier little sister.'

#04-16

This house design was driven by a desire for the house to sit comfortably on a small knoll in a hillside that falls towards the water.

#04-15

A house with a large central gathering place, and more intimate spaces gathered under a cascading roof.

#01-06

Wonderful shore front home built about 90 years ago gets an entire rebuild so it will last another 100 years.

#06-05

A new contemporary house high in the Colorado rockies.

#02-16

A smaller retirement home sits on the edge of a blueberry field.

#86-14

An old roominghouse gets a complete refit to become a land base for a family with a rustic cabin on a nearby island

#04-11

A bold west facing site created the opportunity to build this “cottage” that is comfortable with the 19th century houses in the area.

#02-15

A single story house that nestles into a bench on a hillside, this house was created for a painter looking for an unassuming structure with great interior light quality.

#96-20

Available from Lucia's Little Houses division. A house built in Phases--showing both phases. First we built the Living room with a small bedroom. Phase 2 moved bedroom and added the rest of the house.

#00-04

A stately Italianate townhouse gets returned to its original 19th century glory.

#02-18

A “Lodge” on a lake for gatherings of kids and someday grandkids. The living room opens out into a huge screened porch that wraps around the north and west sides.

#99-07

A modest waterfront home where we built the garage and guest quarters first (no pictures of this phase). The clients lived in that on vacations until ready to retire, then we did the rest of the house and now the whole composition can work together.

#01-14

A vacation house that will become a year round retirement home in the near future. All on one story and with an easy going form that doesn’t overpower this very subtle site of lichens and blueberries.

#02-10

A small self sufficient two bedroom guest house that goes with a home we designed some years ago.

#04-22

A home with a Craftsman Style influence, overlooking blueberry fields and the distant bay.

#04-04

High on a cliff, a new family getaway that looks out over the bay.

#95-17

Available from Lucia's Little Houses division. This small cottage is our own house at the end of a peninsula. It looks north into the river and south over a pasture with guest horses in the summer.

#98-27

In a scale and style to fit in with houses along the road, this house must also be strong enough to be seen as you approach it from the sea.

#99-05

Looking south over a quiet estuary this house takes advantage of the sun all day long.

#98-29

Facing north on a hostile site, we cut into the hillside to make a sheltered south facing courtyard. A mass of windows on the stair allows the low angle winter sun to penetrate all the way through the house.

#83-18

Available from Lucia's Little Houses division. A very compact house designed to make a very delicate imprint on the forest.

#98-28

A larger house on the southern Maine coast. This style refers to late “Queen Anne” or very early “Shingle” style, which is the predominate style in this area.

#87-05

Situated to take advantage of a strong northwest long distance view and a closer more intimate southwest view. We dug it into the hillside so that it turns it’s back on the north wind.

#99-11

A house on a hilltop that stretches itself out to maximize contact between inside and outside

#86-20

Designed to snuggle down into the landscape and not dominate a very quiet and beautiful site.

#98-21

Available from Lucia's Little Houses division. Presenting a somewhat formal composition on the north side that faces the field, the southern side facing the water opens up for sun and view.

#90-12

A new home that captures the spirit and detail of an authentic Queen Anne home.

#00-19

Available from Lucia's Little Houses division. Perched on a hillside, this house anchors you to the land while giving you focused views over the water

#90-01

Sited on a bench in the ledge above Penobscot Bay, this house is a contemporary design to fit a difficult site. “Context” doesn’t mean much here, because no 19th century builder would have ever sited a house on this cliff.

#99-10

A year round house that feels like a Maine “Cabin”

#00-05

Designed to capture the feel of the Shingle Style “Captain’s Houses” that are sprinkled along the Maine coast.

#01-23

Inspired by the Greene Brothers we tried to get some of the feeling of the West coast version of the Craftsman style into this Maine coast house.

#98-26

Perched on a small knoll over a river, this is a very simple, clean and cost effective retirement home.

#00-18

We merged some of the forms of a Norwegian summer home from the husband’s youth, with a traditional island “Cottage” from the 19th century to get this very comfortable new home.

#96-05

A house stretched out parallel to the water with an approach across a long footbridge over a wetland that we were able to leave untouched.

#02-03

A very contemporary interpretation of the connected New England farmhouse.

#01-15

Available from Lucia's Little Houses division. A small footprint enabled us to fit this house into an old granite quarry. The third floor room gives glimpses into the distance beyond the trees.