This new heavy-timber structure is an accessory building on a property with an existing French style manor house built in the 1930s. The complex's design evokes a grouping of French farm buildings with three wings set around a central courtyard. The structure includes a Family Room with an open heavy timber truss ceiling, an indoor half-basketball court also spanned with heavy timber trusses, large pool changing rooms, an exercise mezzanine and a guest suite. Adjacent terraces, swimming pool & spa and tennis court complete the complex.

The heavy timber trusses were fabricated in Vermont and erected on-site with a crane. They support SIP panels which are panels made of oriented strand board (OSB) and planks sandwiched with thick foam insualtion. The planks form the interior ceiling finish. The walls of the structure are insulated with high-performance icynene open-cell spray foam insulation creating a very tight and enery-efficient Energy Star-rated building. Radiant tubing in the floors provide the heat in all areas except under the basketball court due to it's special court floor construction.

Photography by Gridley & Graves and Felhandler/Steeneken Architects