“The west wing tells a story that is completely different from that of the Tayloe family that lived in the main house.”— Catherine Emery Built between 1748 and 1758, the Neo-Palladian stone mansion at Mount Airy Plantation is located on the banks of eastern Virginia’s...
The main challenge posed by this site had to do with its proximity to Long Island Sound. Recently amended FEMA regulations specify new builds be 13 ft. above mean tide. Because the grade here is at 6 ft., Fairfax & Sammons had to raise the finished floor by 7 ft....
The central challenge of this project was to replace a dilapidated barn with a versatile structure that would be comfortable as an art/sound-engineering studio as well as a venue for large groups. The scale and proportion of the new building were to be in keeping with...
