Wrapped in vertical cedar battens, this new pool and wellness space was designed to touch its 1966 ranch house and garden as lightly as possible. Drawing on European approaches to preservation, the addition is deliberately of its own time rather than an imitation of the original, using simple geometry and a restrained palette to establish its own identity.
The cedar rainscreen provides privacy and shade and will weather naturally to a soft gray, while rotary-sawn plywood brings warmth to the interior. Carefully positioned against the existing structure, the addition leaves the original house largely untouched. The result is distinctly modern yet grounded in its setting — a quiet counterpoint to the architecture already there.
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