With steel-framed, floor-to-ceiling windows that swing open like doors, or upward like awnings, to let in breezes and sunlight, an Ormewood Park house is designed to take advantage of the lush tree cover on its lot. The house is raised on concrete piers, so as to not disturb the extensive tree roots underground.
Conceived and built by architects Mary Clare DeReuil and Carlos Tardio, the modern-style house is surrounded by more than two dozen mature oak, hickory and elm trees. Although the house, which isn’t quite finished, will have central air conditioning, it was designed to leverage the natural shade and cool air that comes from being located under a thick canopy. Lifting the house on stilts heightens the sense of being enveloped by the foliage.
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