New Canaan Midcentury

This project is a progressive renovation of a midcentury modern home in New Canaan, Connecticut, located a few houses down from Phillip Johnson’s Wiley House. Our approach was to retain a number of the existing features, including oversized cedar shakes, deep eave overhangs, and a darker color palette - but to introduce a more contemporary architectural language that was reflective of the new homeowner’s design taste. Our design took cues from the rich mid-century palette and also introduced black steel, rich cedar, and pops of bright primary color. We designed new windows and doors, a garage reconfiguration, and new primary and secondary entrances (marked by warm vertical tongue and groove cedar and integrated LED lighting). A terraced stone retaining wall was introduced to manage complicated grade changes.