Covering architecture and interior design for publications including The Wall Street Journal and Cultured, writer Ron Broadhurst is the author of The Urban House and Retreat: The Modern House in Nature. He traveled to Martha’s Vineyard to report on a stunning seaside prefab. “Aside from architect Peter Rose’s extraordinary solution to potentially dire site conditions, I was impressed by the low profile of the house, which is virtually invisible from theneighboring sites,” he says. When you hear the word “prefab,” what comes to mind? “It conjures images of structurescomposed of an extremely limited palette of materials, namely steel and glass. For me, East House was a revelation because of its richness and variety of materials.” Photo 2 of 5 in Meet the Faces Behind Our 2015 Prefab Issue by Dwell

Meet the Faces Behind Our 2015 Prefab Issue

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Covering architecture and interior design for publications including The Wall Street Journal and Cultured, writer Ron Broadhurst is the author of The Urban House and Retreat: The Modern House in Nature. He traveled to Martha’s Vineyard to report on a stunning seaside prefab. “Aside from architect Peter Rose’s extraordinary solution to potentially dire site conditions, I was impressed by the low profile of the house, which is virtually invisible from theneighboring sites,” he says.

When you hear the word “prefab,” what comes to mind? “It conjures images of structurescomposed of an extremely limited palette of materials, namely steel and glass. For me, East House was a revelation because of its richness and variety of materials.”