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The Pillars

Massachusetts, USA

The Pillars is a renovation of a classic shingle style gambrel on a Cape Cod bluff. The existing house had a very dated kitchen, low ceilings, and landlocked rooms without connections to other spaces or the wonderful views and the owner wanted a complete change. That and some undersized structural elements led to the complete gut of the interior.

SQUARE FOOTAGE

DESIGN TEAM

skaala architecture

PROJECT COMPLETION

2023

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

PHOTOGRAPHY

With the house gutted, the interior was something of a blank slate. It was reorganized to put kitchen and dining spaces on the water side, with and office facing the street and the new main entry occupying a corner and using dramatic shingled brackets to support the gracious canopy roof. Two new stone pillars were added to continue the rhythm of the existing, and a new, stunning chimney was detailed to anchor the covered porch, central entry/stairwell, dining room. The chimney was also detailed with a dramatic internal, arched stairway down to a wine cellar.

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