Awards
Design
Citation of Merit
Residential
The jury awards a Design Citation of Merit for the restoration of the Pond House in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, in particular with respect to treatment of the surrounding landscape. The house was designed in 1960 by Olav Hammarstrom for prominent artist and writer Lilian Swann Saarinen. One of a number of classic, but modest, modern vacation/weekend homes designed in the mid-20th century for the Wellfleet landscape of kettle ponds and woods, the original design meshed modern forms with an earlier fishing cabin located on the property. Under new ownership for the first time since it was built, the design team was able to achieve desired updates without changing the distributions of the rooms and restore views of the pond without clearcutting.
"The final result exhibits a very light hand and maintains most of the vintage texture while upgrading almost everything."
-Alexandra Lange, 2019 Jury member
"The project exemplifies the renewal of a landscape sympathetic to the era – and one that enhanced the architecture. The result is a spectacular combination that to paraphrase Tommy Church was more than just “parsley around the roast.”
SPG Architects
Caroline N. Sidnam, AIA, Partner (Lead)
Eric A. Gartner, AIA, LEED AP+, Partner
LeBlanc Jones Landscape Architects
How to Visit
Private Residence
Location
Pond House
Wellfleet, MA, 02667Country
US
Case Study House No. 21
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Back of the house in the evening.
Living room and kitchen area after restoration.
Living room and kitchen area before restoration.
SPG Architects
Deck in the evening