A dense cluster of evergreens stands at the entrance to the property. The Smith House, built amidst the rocks and trees of a one-and-a-half-acre site, overlooks Long Island Sound from the Connecticut coast.
This was the beginning of the design process.” It was obvious that a smaller footprint that extended vertically instead of horizontally would be both more cost-effective and more interesting spatially, given the rocky, coastal landscape. It was immediately clear to me that a one-story house with a spread-out plan was the most expensive type to build on this site because blasting the rock for the foundations would be a massive undertaking. They showed me a set of drawings for an unbuilt ranch-style house that had been designed for the previous landowner. Soon thereafter, I went to look at the site she had purchased with her husband.
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She was looking for a young architect who would give full attention to her house. One day I had a call from Carole Smith asking if I would be interested in designing a weekend house for her in Darien, Connecticut. Richard Meier comments: “I was working out of one room of a two-room apartment shortly after leaving the office of Marcel Breuer. The residence propelled Richard Meier’s career as an architect and it was the project that helped to define the architectural language and the design philosophy of Richard Meier & Partners Architects. 2017 marked the 50th Anniversary of the completion of the iconic Smith House in Darien, Connecticut, and to commemorate this important occasion the Smith family and architectural photographer Mike Schwartz produced a new set of photographs of the home.
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