The Tall House
Tall House on Colonel Willie Cove
Westerly, RI
Interiors by Studio InSitu and Tricia Upton
Architectural Design by Tim Hess and Jeff Dearing for DSK Architects. Christian :anciaux project manager.
Builder: Gardner Woodwrights, Gene Ciccone project manager.
Structural Engineer: Simpson Gumpetz and Heger
Landscape Architects: Tupelo Gardens
photographs by Studio InSitu
On this coastal site subject to high winds and flooding, govermental review and permitting authorities overlap and combine to create some pret-ty tough weather of their own. On the relatively small footprint available for construction, this house was stacked in functional layers: Entry and kids' spaces are on the ground level. The Master Suite is tucked under the eaves (pried-open to distant views) on the third floor, and the middle level is wide-open from outside wall to outside wall for entertaining and sweeping views.