Overlooking the ocean on Mount Desert Island, this family compound comprises two houses: A new ground-up structure, House 7, and the preservation of and addition to an existing mid-century modern pavilion, House 9. Commissioned by a family who have visited this coast for many years, the goal of the project was to create a year-round compound for fa...
Project name
Mount Desert Island Family Compound
Architecture firm
Baird Architects
Location
Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA
Photography
Elizabeth Felicella
Principal architect
Matthew Baird
Design team
Matthew Baird, Principal. Teresa Ball, Principal. Florence Schmitt, Associate. Alice Chai, Associate. Pius Aebi, Project Architect
Collaborators
Chris Parsons, General Contractor
Interior design
Brockshmidt & Coleman
Civil engineer
G.F Johnston and Associates
Structural engineer
Albert Putnam, Associates, LLC
Environmental & MEP
Altieri Associates
Landscape
Emma Kelly Landscape, LLC
Lighting
Fisher Marantz Stone
Supervision
Baird Architects
Visualization
Baird Architects
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, AutoCAD
Construction
Chris Parsons
Typology
Residential › House
The penthouse features a fifth loft bedroom, with operable skylight, custom built-in millwork, and steel windows imported from England, opens to a mature landscaped garden with serviceberry, crabapple, and juniper trees, rhododendron, blueberries, roses, and mycanthus grasses.
Project name
Tribeca Loft
Architecture firm
Baird Architects
Location
New York City, New York, USA
Photography
Elizabeth Felicella
Principal architect
Matthew Baird
Design team
Bob Estrin, Cassie Speiler
Interior design
HCO INTERIORS LLC
Structural engineer
Severud Associates
Lighting
Baird Architects
Supervision
Baird Architects
Visualization
Baird Architects
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D
Construction
Perspective Construction
Typology
Residential › Penthouse Loft Apartment
