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Not Roughing It
Not Roughing It

Waterfront House Combines Rustic

and Modern Sensibilities

by Steven K. Dickens, AIA, LEED AP

Intracoastal Waterway House as seen from the water.

Asked what sets this Delaware weekend house apart from the Gardner and Williams describe a collaborative process in
dozens of projects in their deep portfolio, architects Amy Gardner, which the homeowners set the basic parameters and desires, and
FAIA, LEED AP,and Brittany Williams, FAIA, LEED AP,of then the design and construction teams brainstormed how to bring
Gardner Architects LLC, thought for a moment then answered, them to life. Kitchen designer Jennifer Gilmer—in addition to
almost in unison, “This project was the embodiment of our ideal being the reference who brought this commission to Gardner
process.” They explained that their ideal process consists of fruitful Architects—was central to the creation of the “un-kitchen” kitchen, a
collaboration with and coordination among a group of talented sculptural assemblage of steel frames and wood boxes that happens
and dedicated designers and contractors, and, of course, the client. to function well for preparation of food and drink. Engineers
They hasten to note that this chemistry happens on almost all of 1200AE get special credit for the clean detailing of upper-level
their projects, but it really came together at the house on the wood-and-steel trusses and the pergola, among other things.
Intracoastal Waterway. Landscape architect Holt Jordan, ASLA, PLA, of Jordan

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