Carlisle Country Compound

Carlisle, Massachusetts

This three-acre campus accommodates the passions of its owner—a world-class athlete, Olympian, and expert trainer—and his family. He desired a main house for entertaining in- and outdoors, a carriage house for his car collection, and a barn for his training business, whose clients include Boston Ballet dancers and racecar drivers.

Featured in Boston Home, Spring 2017 issue

The project’s first step, site planning, proved the biggest challenge. The homeowner wanted an aesthetic that felt stately but not showy, in keeping with the surrounding farmhouse vernacular. However, the natural spot for the main residence, high on a knoll, suggested prominence but not the desired intimacy or modesty.