Minimalist sculptor Tony Smith designed this house, in 1953, as part of a unique suburban subdivision set within a former waterfront quarry. During an exacting architectural renovation, we took the site’s own granite—quarry refuse and bedrock—as our primary medium, reordering and manipulating the stone to heighten the experience of the found conditions and to integrate the building volumes with the site’s larger patterns.

Old Quarry

Old Quarry

Guilford, CT

Size

1.5 acres

Awards

Suburbia Transformed 2.0 Award, James Rose Center for Landscape Architectural Research and Design

2012

Honor Award for Residential Design, Boston Society of Landscape Architects

2011

Honor Award for Residential Design, American Society of Landscape Architects

2012