WMAIA 2022 Design Awards
ENTRY
Stephen Gerard Dietemann Architect, Great Barrington, MA
The Perlman Residence was designed by Stephen Gerard Dietemann, Architect and constructed by Town & Country Builder. This new 3 bedroom, single story residence of approximately 2350 square feet is located on the banks of Lake Garfield.
Given the importance of jazz in the life of the clients, and the beauty of the adjacent lake, every effort was made to design and build a home for the clients that responded to both with a design that juxtaposed both structure and function with the improvisational essence of jazz. The large, playfully shaped deck running the length of the house along the lake – with virtually every room in the house abutting this deck — emphasizes the constant presence of the water and the sky.
The client’s emphasis on a functional ‘playfulness’ in the design was accomplished by the development of four ‘pavilions’, all overlapping one another architecturally, but focused on a specific programmatic requirement: a living/dining/kitchen pavilion; a master bedroom suite pavilion; a guest/music pavilion; and a work pavilion.
Photos by Peter Pierce
