Materials and landscaping allude to the home having grown from the land itself, with a stone-walled powder room appearing to have been carved from the earth, a bookshelf-lined sunken living room naturally lit by an expansive skylight, and green-roofed terraces obscuring the distinction between land and built form. River’s Edge Landscaping worked closely with RAAD Studio and Gruver Cooley to ensure the home’s surroundings were beautifully endowed with native planting and the green roofing integrated seamlessly with the architectural forms.
For lead interior designer Cathleen Gruver of Gruver Cooley, this house shows how deceptively complex contemporary architecture can be. “While the architecture reads as clean and restrained, nearly every element required a high level of detailing, coordination and precision,” she says. “Even details that appear simple, such as flush base moldings with drywall reveals, a five-foot exterior soffit, or the millwork within the sunken lounge, allowed for very little margin for error and required extensive planning and collaboration across trades. We are most proud to have taken the remarkable architectural vision created by RAAD Studio and added the final layer, turning it into a home that truly reflects the people who live there.”
