Bayside — a family house that celebrates the water

The house presents a rigorously geometric facade to the street, which is softened by the pale warm gray stained wood cladding. Visitors enter the foyer on axis with the expansive water view—the most important element of the house. Natural light filters through the open treads of a custom oak staircase, creating a play of light and shadow that shifts throughout the day.

The house is organized by a C-shaped plan that connects the three primary entertaining spaces: the open kitchen and living room, a gracious dining room scaled for large family gatherings, and a screened porch with seating and dining areas. The C-shaped plan wraps these family spaces around the outdoor terrace, and, like the prow of a ship, extends them out toward the water. The living room, kitchen and dining room feature floor to ceiling window walls offering unbroken vistas of the bay and the pool on the lawn below.