![]() This transformation from “wall” architecture to “open plan” operates not only horizontally but also vertically. Equally important, the deeper you move into the site and house the more open and transparent the house is to its surroundings. During the 1950’s – 1960’s the Harvard Five operated in this highly charged cultural and historical space knowing full well that this was a place in time and space were their practices would be understood in this context, for better + worse, as both crucible and harbinger.The diminutive, matter-of-fact and utiliarian presence of the house on Park Street splays open as you move deeper into the public space and property. ![]() We can easily identify with these values and their distant auras even today. These are powerful tropes that are the polemic engine that propel the American Ideal and the meaning and signification of the single-family private house in America. This is partly due to our nostalgia for the quintessential Connecticut congregational town, its proximity and juxtaposition to the ultra-urbanism/modernism of NYC and the distant allure of the open, rural countryside. It is a place loaded or charged culturally + geographically, bot now and in 1950. It is both puritanical and brahman at once. THE HOUSE IN NEW CANAAN occupies an archetypal place in our public psyche. The architect sustained the rigor of scale throughout, enabling a considerably sized house to takes its place easily on this site.” “This single family residence sited on a series of long retaining walls takes the form of a traditional New England house, and by abstraction and use of materials takes its vernacular inspiration to a heightened level of sculptural modernity. The house also responds to the seasons with carefully framed views, it also provides intricate and warm interior viewing chambers.” The jury was fascinated with the play of warm and cool texture and color. “Set in a dramatic landscape, 300 feet above Kent falls, this house is poised carefully on its site, allowing the site to flow through the house. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union, NY Pamela Hawkes, FAIA and Ann Beha Architects, Boston, MA. Manfredi FAIA, LEED AP Elkus Manfredi Architects, Boston, MA Anthony Vidler, Dean and Professor of the Irwin S. It is considered the highest honor award for residential architecture in CT. The firm received the three awards under the “Built Design, Residential Design” category. ![]() Amongst the prestigious recipients are three projects by Joeb Moore + Partners > Architects: Spiral House in Old Greenwich, 44 PL in Greenwich and The Bridge House in Kent. The American Institute of Architects / Connecticut officially announced winners of its 2010 Design Awards in September. Joeb Moore + Partners receive three Honor Awards in Residential Design
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