Connecticut House
Connecticut House is a new country home for a New York City couple in the Northwest Hills. This linear house, situated on a ridge, mediates between the intimate scale of its immediate forest setting and sweeping views of a wooded valley.
![elevation view of connecticut house on a ridge, illuminated at night](https://www.aro.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Connecticut-House_8-1410x793.jpg)
The 3,400 GSF residence forms a long, single-story bar. Cedar siding transitions from solid to open along the length of the house, punctuated by full-height windows and doors. This rhythm conforms to a simple structural grid, exposed with wood posts at the interior.
![covered porch running the length of connecticut house with wood siding overlooking a valley](https://www.aro.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Connecticut-House_1-1410x793.jpg)
This linear arrangement organizes guest bedrooms and a carport to the west, and the primary residence – the kitchen, living room, and master suite – to the east. It opens to the landscape and pool to the south and provides views from all spaces to the meadow and valley to the north.
![open living area with sweeping view of a Connecticut valley](https://www.aro.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Connecticut-House_3-1410x793.jpg)
Fully accessible, each half of the house is linked by a central, skylit foyer that connects the interior with the landscape.
![porch illuminated at night](https://www.aro.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Connecticut-House_6-1410x793.jpg)