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ABOVE & RIGHT: Raw concrete, steel, glass, and cedar were used for this
18,000-square-foot home and pool house in HoHoKus, New Jersey. Largely inspired
by the client's desire to pay homage to her Japanese upbringing, we worked to
ease the tension between the hard, streamlined edges of our architecture and the
drastic contrast with the surrounding landscape. The pool house, elevated and
designed with a traditional engawa, allows for a meditative quality and further
eases the relationship of structure to landscape. As meditation is an important
part of their lives, our client requested water features throughout the property.
Our response was to create a lazy river surrounding an island where the pool
house would double as a yoga and meditation studio. This distinctive and unique
residential feature truly encapsulates our design intention of harmony between
architecture and environment.
Photographs courtesy of Plan Architecture
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