Village Contemporary

This compact residence, formerly a blacksmith shop, was designed to suit the art-collector owner’s aesthetic, with a clean, minimal style. The design pairs down exterior expression to a minimum, with knife-edge eaves and simple massing. The vocabulary is familiar yet refined, simultaneously embracing this residence’s historic context and its contemporary incarnation. Traditional elements are rendered in an austere palette of white-on-white finishes, charcoal gray roofing, stainless steel accents, and cable railings.

This project received a Maine AIA Honor Award in 2012.

Find Village Contemporary in the recently released Taunton Press recently released book: “The New Small House” by Katie Hutchison.

Photography © Susan Teare and © Trent Bell