{"id":571325,"date":"2026-08-17T03:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/571325\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T03:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T03:40:41","slug":"this-nantucket-home-combines-modern-design-with-new-england-charm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/571325\/","title":{"rendered":"This Nantucket Home Combines Modern Design With New England Charm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThere\u2019s a reason Nantucket<\/a> is so eternally charming: The Nantucket Historic District Commission works tirelessly to ensure the architecture of the island\u2019s homes and structures looks much as it did during its 17th-century beginnings. In a town where every detail is scrutinized, any rebellion requires subtlety. Case in point: this summer home that Workshop\/APD<\/a> conceived for its repeat clients. \u201cIt\u2019s a very modern design, and we brought in a strong language of angles, but we\u2019ve done it in a way that feels relevant to coastal New England,\u201d says Andrew Kline, a principal of the firm, which has held an office on Nantucket for a decade and a presence on the island for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe ribbed lines of a doorway mimic the outdoor pavilion\u2019s slats.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAt first glance, the house appears to speak the island\u2019s long-familiar language: pitched roofs, dormers, and weathered shingles. \u201cYour options in Nantucket are cedar, cedar, or cedar,\u201d Kline says jokingly of the exterior finishes. \u201cIt\u2019s very much inspired by cottage forms, shed roofs. The connectors have gables. Many times in our work, we do flat roof connectors; but here you\u2019ll see that we didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tUpon closer inspection, the facade and interiors alike have details that are unexpectedly progressive. \u201cIf you look closely, none of the windows have trim,\u201d Kline explains. \u201cWe\u2019ve taken the cedar shingle, and we\u2019ve folded it into the window\u2026. We\u2019re always looking back at the history of Nantucket and finding little ways to be inspired by it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe primary suite offers uninterrupted views of the sea, and an impactful spiral staircase leads to a wellness complex below.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother element that reads as Nantucket, translated into a sharper tongue: a passage pavilion made of cedar slats. \u201cIt\u2019s an architectural folly that is very linear, so it feels relevant to the history, but we were able to do it in a contemporary way,\u201d Kline says. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like a gatehouse to welcome you to the property. And at night, it\u2019s beautifully lit up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAn impactful spiral staircase leads to a wellness complex below.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead McKendree<\/p>\n

\n\tThe interiors are equally of their place. \u201cWhat\u2019s really interesting is when you drive up to this residence, it\u2019s very understated. It doesn\u2019t look like this massive home\u2026. It\u2019s very conservative, and it\u2019s very sort of edited and really focuses on the land,\u201d says Nicole Ficano, principal, interior design. \u201cBut when you step into the residence, you have these incredibly large, airy spaces filtered with a lot of glass.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAn indoor bowling alley displays the game\u2019s accessories against a soft green wall.<\/p>\n

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\n\tMany of the rooms have windows on three sides, framing panoramic Atlantic views that seem to dissolve the boundary between architecture and landscape. To keep those spaces from drifting into sterility, the designers layered in warmth through light oak and softly textured limestone. \u201cWe also added in angles in the panels of the walls so that light will catch in an interesting way,\u201d Kline says. \u201cWe always try to create what I call a visual language for each project. And hopefully, if we\u2019re doing our jobs right, it\u2019s a little bit different in every one of our projects. And here we were immediately interested in the idea of bringing angles in.\u201d The kitchen\u2019s geometry is driven by a recurring language of those diagonal lines. Overhead, the exposed oak collar ties echo the steep pitch of the gabled ceiling, creating a rhythmic sequence of triangular forms that draw the eye toward the far end of the room. Most striking is the island, whose sculptural marble departs from a simple rectangle with a dramatic, faceted cutaway. That angled void lightens the mass visually, introducing shadow and depth, transforming the island from a utilitarian object into an architectural centerpiece. \u201cIt\u2019s also pretty functional,\u201d Ficano says. \u201cThey leave the dog bowls there. This is a home where people live.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tThe kitchen\u2019s marble island features a cutaway design to reduce the heaviness of the material.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead McKendree<\/p>\n

\n\tThe color palette in the main house remains intentionally ethereal: a range of whites, pale woods, glassy surfaces, and just one recurring accent color\u2014a soft greenish turquoise deployed as a counterpoint throughout. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to do the traditional blue or green that you see in most places on the island,\u201d Ficano explains. It is all just as spare as the horizon line on the sea. \u201cWe focused on the shape and flow of spaces, rather than overpopulating and overstuffing rooms with a lot of texture and detail,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tA passage pavilion with linear slats plays with natural light.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead McKendree<\/p>\n

\n\tBut perhaps the project\u2019s greatest surprise lies underground in the form of a theatrical wellness complex. It\u2019s accessed via a dramatic spiral staircase that descends from the gym onto stepping stones that lead over water to the perfect spa day: sauna, steam room, and hot tub, all inspired by a hammam. \u201cSo it becomes part of the ritual, right? They can work out. Then they can come downstairs, have a sauna, have a steam, go into the hot tub\u2026. And right outside, we hid a little cold plunge, too, for lymphatic treatment of hot and cold.\u201d It\u2019s a far cry from Nantucket\u2019s saltbox traditions, yet somehow still feels tied to the island\u2019s elemental pleasures: heat, water, weather, and retreat. In a place where the past is fiercely preserved, the most ingenious innovations are the ones that don\u2019t announce their arrival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a reason Nantucket is so eternally charming: The Nantucket Historic District Commission works tirelessly to ensure the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,11020,4974,209501,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-571325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-home-design","tag-magazine","tag-nantucket","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}