New Canaan Residence
This project features the house architect Marcel Breuer built for himself in New Canaan in 1951. The Breuer house was opportunely rescued from demolition by a private client who commissioned architect Toshiko Mori to renovate the house and design a new addition as a single-family residence.
The supporting landscape features distinctly individual gardens in the courtyard spaces created by the house, addition and the glass enclosed link between the two. The 3-acre property also contains a fieldstone-wall enclosed swimming pool and pool house with a sunken garden planted with shade-loving Gunnera, Equisetum and Sweet Bay Magnolia.
Location
New Canaan, CT
Client
Private
Role
Landscape Architect
Team
Toshiko Mori Architect
Photography credit: Paul Warchol
