Living at the Intersection of Water and Land
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PHILIP S. WHEELOCK JR.
of Wheelock Assoc. Architects (www.wa-arch.com) focuses on coastal residential design. He received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master’s degree in architecture from Cornell University. |
By Philip S. Wheelock Jr.
Coastal residential design is more than a catalog of recognizable architectural elements. Its single defining feature is an immediate, legible connection to the dynamic intersection of water and land that constitutes the coastal environment. Coastal homes look the way they do because they represent their owners’ narratives about how they see themselves in the presence of the mythic ocean and the unique ways of living it inspires.
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