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Project: House on Little Round Bay,
Crownsville, MD
Architects/Interior Designers: Dynerman Architects
Structural Engineers: Structura
Contractor: Owner

All photos by Paul Burk © Paul Burk Photography

workshop in the basement. Between these two volumes is the final substantial glass facing the water view, while the secondary spaces
box, a tall, slender stair tower, which provides access to all three have more limited windows looking toward the street.
levels plus a roof deck with 360-degree views (and, equally important, On the houses’s exterior organization: “The house reflects
a place for a kitchen garden that gets good sunlight and is inaccessible how we live and our circle of life,” said Dynerman. “It’s not what
to local deer). a lot of people think architects do; it’s designed for pleasant, informal
The plan is basically two rooms deep, with supporting spaces living. Too often, people—and most importantly clients—think
(stair, bathroom, kitchen, storage room, mechanical room) at the architects design for their website. Not true. Most architects design
street side, and primary spaces (bedrooms, living room, dining room, for their clients.”
offices, decks) on the water side. The arrangement is a simple but Although the house certainly stands out because of its bold,
effective marriage of site and program: all of the major spaces have abstract composition, it is similar in scale to most of the others on

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