Crafting a Coastal Beauty

Creative use of glass elevates Shingle-style home

Another summer retreat, located on the south shore of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., not only has ocean frontage but backs up to a creek. This meant that Boston-based architect Patrick Ahearn and Edgartown, Mass., builder Peter Rosbeck had to comply with conservation and zoning regulations as well as the requirements of a containment airport district overlay. They also had to pass a design review by the homeowners’ association governing that particular street.

Featured in Custom Builder, May/June 2015 issue.

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