建筑商最佳:顶级公司的顶级项目

The general contractors we feature at Boston Design Guide regularly complete some pretty spectacular properties. We got to thinking about the project they would say represents their firm’s finest work, 建筑商荣誉榜, 各种各样的. 以下是得到高分的项目.

Manchester-by-the-Sea房地产

Kistler & 克纳普建筑商; architecture by Epstein Joslin 365体育官网客户端

A wildly unique renovation in Manchester-by-the-Sea gets the nod from Kistler & 克纳普建筑商 as one of the most complex and detailed projects the firm has done. The home was clearly designed for entertaining—family, friends and business associates—and is as imaginative as it is opulent. Principal Doug Stevenson cites the front canopy and intricate ironwork as some of the most complicated work of the exterior.

The glass panels above the stair and the elaborate ironwork that wraps the front entrance like ivy called for a meticulous level of care from both the builders and metalworkers.

Kistler & 克纳普建筑商; architecture by Epstein Joslin 365体育官网客户端

一旦进了家, the foyer’s lap pool (complete with a footbridge overpass) and 18-inch deep reflecting pool that steps out to the sea (shown above) represents what Stevenson calls “some of the most technical work that we’ve done.满载着木头, 马赛克瓷砖, 石灰石和两个室内游泳池, the reception hall required HVAC systems that were spot-on from both a design and installation standpoint.

Kistler & 克纳普建筑商; architecture by Epstein Joslin 365体育官网客户端

The home becomes more whimsical as it makes its ascent, 而三楼则充满了复杂性. 巨大的上层空间, 家的酒吧, 奇特的家具, commissioned art and a glass light shaft that extends down to the second floor, integrates exposed beams preserved from the original structure. The sum of these parts equals a higher degree of difficulty. “The custom features take a lot to work out,” says Stevenson. “不是任何人都能把这一切整合起来.”

科德角经典

Construction by Cataldo定制生成器; architecture by Peter Zimmerman 365体育官网客户端, Inc.; landscape architecture: Horiuchi Solein; 室内设计由Mary Hastings Interiors设计

Ralph Cataldo，公司总裁 Cataldo定制生成器 Inc., cites an L-shaped Gambrel overlooking Buzzards Bay as one of his company’s standouts. He gives plenty of credit to architect Peter Zimmerman of Peter Zimmerman 365体育官网客户端 and landscape architect Horiuchi Solein for their incomparable work in positioning and planning the property “to establish the footprint that would maximize the views and the privacy with the neighbors.”

Construction by Cataldo定制生成器; architecture by Peter Zimmerman 365体育官网客户端, Inc.; landscape architecture: Horiuchi Solein; 室内设计由Mary Hastings Interiors设计

当一个新的建筑, the home is very much in keeping with its site and boasts “that great 角 Cod detail,Cataldo说。, i.e., 复斜屋顶, 红杉瓦, 铜排水沟, chimneys and composite trim—all of which will weather beautifully.

Construction by Cataldo定制生成器; architecture by Peter Zimmerman 365体育官网客户端, Inc.; landscape architecture: Horiuchi Solein; 室内设计由Mary Hastings Interiors设计

The home’s interior details shine just as brightly. 这所房子有10英尺高的天花板, 阳光普照的空间与横窗, 定制书架和靠窗的座位, 完美的瓷砖和从每个房间的景色.

Construction by Cataldo定制生成器; architecture by Peter Zimmerman 365体育官网客户端, Inc.; landscape architecture: Horiuchi Solein; 室内设计由Mary Hastings Interiors设计

“水边”马车屋修复

朗费罗设计公司

朗费罗设计公司 is particularly proud of a transformation made to a historic 1860s carriage house in Falmouth overlooking Vineyard Sound. 是什么让这个项目与众不同, 市场总监Mike Ciolino说, “is the care and detail that went into the repurposing of the architectural design elements.“比如谷仓门, wrought-iron horse stall dividers and even a copper water spigot hearken back to the structure’s former use as the home for the family horses.

朗费罗设计公司

Like most 角 Cod buildings typical of that time, 这座建筑占地面积较小, so Longfellow was charged with creating a summer retreat that would live large, and satisfy the needs of the current owners’ modern family. The company’s architectural designers had to think creatively about the available space—the width of the original carriage house was roughly 40 feet wide—and called for elements like a dual-purpose pantry/passageway and a 10-foot kitchen island with a curved walnut top and marine oil finish that gives the homeowners the space they need.

Wrought-iron railing from the former horse stalls was used as a bedroom railing.

The renovated home is riddled with charming details that add character and recall the past, as well as updates that complement the original rustic, 砖和熟铁元素. The designers also couldn’t resist bringing in features befitting the home’s waterside vantage. 一个恰当的例子? A guest suite (complete with its own kitchen) is connected to the main house via a bookcase-lined corridor reminiscent of a ship’s gangway, 如下图所示.

朗费罗设计公司

比奇伍德马厩马术中心

肯尼斯·沃纳建筑公司; Architecture by MGA | Marcus Gleysteen 365体育官网客户端 and Blackburn Architect, P.C.; photo by Richard Mandelkorn

之一 肯尼斯·沃纳建筑公司’s most sensational projects isn’t a residence at all, 但 rather a private three-complex equestrian center in Weston that includes a riding arena, service barn and horse barn configured around a central stone courtyard and flanked by an outdoor riding ring. 

这是一个“石头研究”, 木材和金属,” shares architect MGA | Marcus Gleysteen 365体育官网客户端, that marries traditional agricultural materials with contemporary building techniques. 这是惊人的.

肯尼斯·沃纳建筑公司; Architecture by MGA | Marcus Gleysteen 365体育官网客户端 and Blackburn Architect, P.C.; photo by Richard Mandelkorn

While the service barn serves as the public face of Beechwood Stables, 这是竞技场的入口, 有巨大的花岗岩壁炉, water feature and Douglas fir columns that is most striking. There is a rustic majesty to the façade that continues in to an observation room overlooking the arena. 马厩, 太, are a sight to behold—and every bit as noble as the animals within—with an upper tier hayloft and skylight that runs the length of the building.

肯尼斯·沃纳建筑公司; Architecture by MGA | Marcus Gleysteen 365体育官网客户端 and Blackburn Architect, P.C.; photo by Richard Mandelkorn

玛莎葡萄园岛的波束混合动力车

扬基谷仓之家s

扬基谷仓之家s (YBH) loves how this hybrid post and beam home on Martha’s Vineyard brings the “barn home feel into the 21^st 世纪.“专为娱乐朋友和家人而设计, the design uses the post and beam vernacular “tastefully and sparingly,” explains Marketing Administrator Molly Ferrante, to create just the right look and feel for the five bedroom, 五浴岛家.

扬基谷仓之家s

The result is a light-filled and airy layout with a style that has both a beachy simplicity and sophistication, with plenty of gathering spaces inside the home and out, including a terrace off the spacious sitting room, 二楼的露台和一个封闭式门廊.

扬基谷仓之家s

Strict building codes on Martha’s Vineyard don’t make new constructions easy, 但 扬基谷仓之家s was thrilled to design and ship a weather-tight, energy-efficient home that passed with flying colors. Add in a sparkling swimming pool and a second small YBH barn with an extra guest bed and bath on the top level, 你有一个独特的度假目的地.

扬基谷仓之家s

“阿罗哈登陆”船屋，新港

Kirby Perkins建筑公司

Kirby Perkins建筑公司 is known for building luxury homes of magnificent size and scope, 但, 虽然规模较小, there’s no denying the firm’s prowess on the 阿罗哈 Landing boathouse restoration. 事实上, the gleaming Narragansett bayside structure was awarded the 2013 Doris Duke Preservation Award, and feted for its high degree of care and quality by the Newport Restoration Foundation and the City of Newport.

Kirby Perkins建筑公司

船屋，曾经住过 阿罗哈, the three-masted schooner of railroad magnate Arthur Curtiss, 是新港最具标志性的建筑之一. 为了恢复它, 合伙人汤姆·珀金斯解释道, “we 太k it all apart and put it back together again, 使用所有编号的原始岩石.“上面的木材必须是新的, 所以公司选择了古董木材, and carved all new post and beam and finished it by hand to make it look exactly like the original.

Kirby Perkins建筑公司

阿罗哈 Landing is poised by the lapping waves of the harbor and accessible by land only by a tiny meandering stone drive that is so slender the builders put in a cobblestone turnstile that slowly spins cars around to position them for departure. 毕竟，你是要坐船来的.

恰当地说, 屋内用橡木梁装饰, 清漆柚木装饰和真正的游艇硬件, not to mention the handiwork of a parade of top-tier metal workers, 石匠, 木匠, 雕刻家和室内设计师Kim Kirby. The idea was to give its residents the feeling that they were aboard a classic boat and who better to achieve that goal than Kirby Perkins建筑公司, which is helmed by two-time America’s Cup winner Jerry Kirby, 和帕金斯, 他本身也是一名水手.

康科德河当代

梅尔兹建设; architecture by Pisani + Associates; photo by Richard Mandelkorn

梅尔兹建设; architecture by Pisani + Associates; photo by Richard Mandelkorn

梅尔兹建设; architecture by Pisani + Associates; photo by Richard Mandelkorn

Squam Lake客房