Although we enjoy working in the modern vernacular, we enjoy designing homes that look traditional as well. In fact the way we look at it, the ‘traditional’ home shown on these pages is a modern building; it’s just proportioned and detailed using familiar or ’traditional’ materials and finishes. [Read more →]
We very happy to announce that the home we designed for Elaine and Jim Alt in Marblehead was selected from more than a dozen other homes for publication in New England Home Magazine’s spring edition. [Read more →]
The Marblehead Chamber of Commerce membership celebrated last year’s accomplishments and discussed plans for the future of the Chamber at their 55th Annual Meeting on Wed. Sept. 26, 2007 at the Corinthian Yacht Club. More than 100 members were in attendance to welcome the 2007-2008 Board of Directors and celebrate the 2007 Community Award Winners. A highlight of the evening was the celebration of this year’s more than deserving Community Award Winners. [Read more →]
The following questionnaire was sent to me by John Filippelli, Senior Editor of Kitchen and Bath News. I think there are some interesting tends happening in the Bath fixture industry. I also think as well as interesting things NOT happening you might be interested in. Please jump in and let me know your thoughts on what products you’d like to see, or not see, in your bathroom. [Read more →]
The environment within which I grew up fostered an awareness and appreciation of accidental design. Those un-designed spaces like the house I grew up in, the local tavern or corner restaurant where so many memories, were indelibly etched into my memory. ‘Beautiful’ spaces aren’t always designed. Sometimes they seem to happen all by themselves - as if by accident.
Object based design leads us towards beautiful places in which wonderful things MAY happen. By shaping spaces around the activity rather than the object, there’s a much better chance wonderful things WILL happen there.
Marblehead 20/20 Foundation has been awarded the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce 2007 Non-Profit Organization of the Year!
Join us at the Chamber’s 55th Annual Meeting, Wednesday, September 26, 5:30-8:30 pm at the Corinthian Yacht Club for the celebration.
We are pleased to present our Board of Directors:
President: Michael McCloskey, President, Michael McCloskey Design Group
Secretary: Brian LeClair, Attorney at Law
Directors: Ralph Khouri, Khouri Oriental Rugs and Ann Marie Casey, Executive Director, Marblehead Chamber of Commerce.
Mission statement: Marblehead 20/20 is a grass roots non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of community life in Marblehead in whatever form it may take.
In 2005, a Harvard college colleague took me to his newly purchased suburban site just outside of
This new home responds to the wonderful year round climate in Puerto Rico and heavily wooded, sloped back yard of the property.
We began by building 3 natural stone walls running the length of the property. We envisioned that these walls were always here and we’d build a house around them by placing glass walls perpendicular to the stone walls. This makes the house transparent, front to back, and anchors it to the landscape.
Glass, stone, plants and water: this was going to be the palette.
Reflecting pools between the house, garage and forecourt add to the lightness of the structure and reflect moving water patterns on the underside of the roof. Blue lights under the bridge highlight the bridge’s etched glass and water below. Nighttime is spectacular.
By using an inverted gable roof, the views from all areas in the house are expanded to the tree tops and beyond. The cantilevered roof shades the house from the harsh sun and conceals solar powered electrical systems from sight. Beyond the patio and outdoor kitchen is a cantilevered lap pool which extends along one of the stone walls into the woods.
On the left side of the house, attached to the garage is a service corridor that contains the maid’s quarters, laundry, mechanical and storage rooms. These areas lead to the kitchen, dining areas and the children’s playroom. Continuing to the right, on the other side of the kitchen is a large 2 story living area. The far wall of the room is now polished concrete.
The back wall is 2 stories of glass capturing the magnificent views of the jungle beyond. The front to the living area is raised 24” to create a smaller reading and entertaining space. Above this space is a bridge leading to a home office.
Upstairs there is a large master bedroom suite and 3 junior suites, one for each of the children. A single glass enclosed stair connects the 2 floors.
One of my favorite pieces of the house is the pool. Originally designed to cantilever out from the level part of the property into the jungle beyond, it has a glass bottom with blue lights shining through the water onto another tall stone wall.
Gorgeous. Brilliant. Dramatic.
PDF Floor plans are all below…..
