A recipient of a 2012 Housing Award from the American Institute of Architects, this coastal residence by Dirk Denison provides a Zenlike retreat
Architectural Digest
“We were yearning for a quiet, safe place for ourselves and our friends and family—a Zen stillness.”
One of the most charming, if quirky, aspects of life in the California village of Carmel-by-the-Sea is that the picturesque houses are known by name rather than street address, a tradition that gives the buildings more personality than a simple number ever could. For a couple who were both widowed and then providentially found each other, the name of the residence they built together on the Monterey Peninsula is particularly expressive. Their home is called An Tearmann, an Irish term for “the sanctuary.”
Designed by Chicago architect Dirk Denison, the house is tucked into a misty canopy of cypress trees overlooking a dazzling white-sand beach. It’s a quintessentially Carmel spot: a very narrow, slightly hilly lot with views of the ocean off Pebble Beach, Carmel Point, and Point Lobos
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