This growing family came to us needing more living space. Together with their builder, they chose RAC to design a home that provided the room they needed while maintaining a strong connection to the outdoors. The combined kitchen/family room allows everyone to be together while...
These clients originally came to RAC to design a new home on an empty piece of property. Then they found a waterside stucco mansion with interesting grounds, but in need of extensive renovation to address the problematic proportions, scale and detailing. Our intent for the...
This Greenwich estate-quality home was designed around a massive entertaining space constructed using structural wood timbers by New Energy Works. The formal lawn area is surrounded by a U-shaped floor plan and covered porches that extend the entertaining spaces beyond the interior into the outdoors. ...
This wonderful 10,000 s.f. waterfront project in Greenwich, CT earned Robert A. Cardello an A-List Award for Historical Home Renovation in 2013. At the start of the project, it was clear that the house had been poorly maintained over the years. However, one couldn’t ignore...
This client purchased a 2-acre parcel of land in New Canaan, CT with hopes of building a 10,000 s.f. traditional shingle-style home. The dancing roof lines are what really give this house its character. The natural stone chimneys and terraces accent the intricate detailing of...
The client for this project combined several parcels of property in Westport, CT to create a large 6-acre lot. The original idea behind the house was to develop a classic country home. The finished design is a house of approximately 17,000 s.f. with natural materials...
After a full review of this property on the coast of Narragansett Bay with beautiful views of the Newport Bridge, we decided a whimsical shingle-style home would compliment the exquisite location to take full advantage of the surrounding scenery. The large expansive program consisted of...
This traditional Georgian home gave RAC the opportunity to dive deep into traditional architecture. This house has many well deliberated and developed details and we were fortunate to have a client willing to invest in this level of design. At over 17,000 s.f., this summer...
This was a challenging lot – a long, narrow piece of land with coastline on both the southern and eastern sides. Several variances were required in order to build a house that would take full advantage of the views, but there was an existing house...