Chuck Choi

Jun 25, 2024 | nhhomemagazine.com | Lisa Cavanaugh |Chuck Choi

“Most people love barns,” says architect Tom Murdough, principal of Murdough Design. “They are bucolic structures with a sense of clarity about them, and the form of a barn is traditionally driven by its utility.”To renovate an antique barn on the Squam Lake property of homeowners Steven Holtzman and Julia Byers, the architect dove into the couple’s intended use of the space.

Apr 21, 2023 | nhhomemagazine.com | Chuck Choi

This four-season lakeside retreat, composed of a 2,733-square-foot residence and a 382-square-foot guest cabin linked by an elevated boardwalk, is conceived as an arrangement of spaces grouped as solid blocks, which are arranged to frame and hold the common, open family room—the nexus of the house. On approaching the entry, the building dynamically wraps around the glacial erratic, framing the family room and creating an aperture with views beyond toward the lake.