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The interiors reflect the beauty of the site with floor-to-ceiling windows and wood from flows from inside to out.

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The tile counters were a request from Charlie. Hess specified Fireclay tile, and likes that the treatment "feels more in line with the original kind of [Tudor] detail you would have had at the time."

Hess filled the niche with upholstered seating, a green onyx table with a custom powder-coated base, and tiered millwork at the ceiling. The hand-knotted, silk-blend carpet pillows are from Christiane Millinger, and light fixture is a blush-colored Gae Aulenti.

A new detached garage is topped with a guest room, overlooking the meadow and pool.

The clients desired a modern, streamlined retreat to escape the city.

“The idea was to create this total openness and informality and almost undomesticated domestic space,” says Leven. The concrete is textured by its forms on the outside but smooth where it cuts into the building—“almost as though you sliced into it with a knife,” adds the designer.

Floor plan of Square House by Levenbetts

Though the dining room is across the hallway from the kitchen, the spaces maintain a connection via glass walls and an outdoor portion of the hallway, which can double as a covered patio.

A central breezeway is flanked by the kitchen/living area on the left and the dining area on the right.

Looking from the combined living room and kitchen across the central hallway toward the dining room and stairway