Adirondacks

House

A property in upstate New York’s mountainous Adirondack region has served as a vacation retreat for two families since the late 18th century. During the 1980s, the families built an addition to the original 1950s house in an attempt to accommodate an ever-expanding circle of family and friends, but by 2012 the home was unable to accommodate the 25 people who regularly visit the property. Completed in 2015, the home’s exterior is clad in locally-sourced tamarack, a weather-resistant species of larch that recurs in the house’s interior to wrap a feature wall in the kitchen. The interior floors and walls are ash, another local wood, some of which was harvested from the trees that had been uprooted to make room for the house’s footprint.

Furniture built by JIG.