Bio:

GTM Architects is an award-winning design firm with more than 30 years of experience offering architecture, planning and interior design services. Always committed to serving the needs and vision of its clients above all else, GTM’s professionals possess a wide array of finely tuned skills across vastly diverse styles and specialties. 

The Project:

Inspired by the New England seaside, this eclectic shingle-style home modestly boasts approximately 11,000 square feet. Lowering the roof eave and housing the second floor and attic within the cedar shingle-clad roof assembly helps reduce the visual scale. The low, slung roofline creates a dramatic presentation to the flanking pair of roof gables, gently curved eyebrow dormer and bowed attic windows recessed within each gable. 

A slightly contemporary twist of vibrant color contrasts pastel blue toned shingles against white trim and achieves a punctuation of depth in the form of black window frames and vibrant indigo entry door. 

The home’s floor plan was designed in the form of a bent “L” shape with the garage wing angled from the main body of the house. This form allows the front, with its angled garage appendage, to act as a dividing wall and enclosure to the private rear-yard garden and pool beyond.