Thomas Phifer and Partners' New Hudson Valley Cottages
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Thomas Phifer and Partners have developed new Hudson Valley cottages that feature a pointy chapel among the tiny black buildings that form this residence in a clearing in Upstate New York.Located in Hudson Valley, New York, the property comprises a collectioThomas Phifer and Partners' New Hudson Valley Cottages
Thomas Phifer and Partners have developed new Hudson Valley cottages that feature a pointy chapel among the tiny black buildings that form this residence in a clearing in Upstate New York.Located in Hudson Valley, New York, the property comprises a collection of small cottages dotted around a yard featuring native grasses, honey locust trees, and conifers. Covered with cedar shingles, the buildings are coated in Swedish black tar to distinguish them from the greenery surrounding, and to provide a «lifelong finish» to protect the wood.One of the highlights and distinctive features of the Hudson Valley cottages is a chapel, featuring a triangular shape and sharply pointed roof. The architecture studio commented that the chapel intended to serve as a contemplative space to heighten the residents' connection to their surroundings.Thomas Phifer and Partners is based in Manhattan. The studio's previous projects - which span across the country - include the Glenstone Museum in Maryland and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York.Thomas Phifer is an American architect based in New York City. He is best known for the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Brochstein Pavilion at Rice University in Houston, Texas and the design for the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland. Around 2006, Phifer won New York City‘s City Lights Design Competition, which began replacing the city’s high-pressure sodium street lights with new standard LED streetlights starting in 2011. Phifer received the Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome in 1995, and was honored with a residency the following year at the Academy’s campus. In 2004, Phifer was awarded the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Phifer’s “Salt Point House” won an American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum in 2008. In 2009, he received a Research and Development Award from Architect magazine for his international competition-winning design for New York’s City Lights light fixtures.The Raymond and Susan Brochstein Pavilion and the North Carolina Museum of Art, both designed by Phifer’s firm, received National Honor Awards from the AIA in 2010 and 2011, respectively. In 2011, Phifer received a Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects. Phifer was also elected as an Academician for the National Academy of Design in 2012. Phifer’s buildings have won seven AIA National Honor Awards and fourteen AIA New York Honor Awards. In 2013, Phifer was awarded the Architecture Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. https://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more