A Pinwheel-Shaped Cottage in Upstate New York Packs a Lot of Living Space Into a Single Room

Architect Tal Schori of GRT Architects crafts a brick-clad retreat for his parents.

The roof is clad in natural cedar with a copper trim.

At the end of a meandering driveway that rises over a tree-dotted hill, a small, faceted structure comes suddenly into view, edged against a brown horse fence. Below it, cradled in an expanse of green, is a sparkling lake. "We like to reveal things gradually, to allow the views and the experience to develop," says architect Tal Schori, who is visiting the site, located in New York’s Dutchess County, with a guest on a September day. 

An exterior look at Yanki and Yael Meridan Schori’s weekend retreat in Dutchess County, New York, which was designed by their son, Tal Schori of GRT Architects.

An exterior look at Yanki and Yael Meridan Schori’s weekend retreat in Dutchess County, New York, which was designed by their son, Tal Schori of GRT Architects. 

Photo by Brian W. Ferry

The structure belongs to his parents, Yanki Schori and Yael Meridan Schori, who commissioned Tal and GRT Architects, the firm he founded with his childhood friend Rustam-Marc Mehta, to design a small studio as a way for the Manhattan-based couple to test the waters of weekend country living. Lately, it’s been their primary residence.

Inside, the flooring is radiant concrete, and the home is further warmed with a clean-burning Flores 8 stove by Buntfires. In fact, the entire house is conditioned without the use of fossil fuels.

Inside, the flooring is radiant concrete, and the home is further warmed with a clean-burning Flores 8 stove by Buntfires. In fact, the entire house is conditioned without the use of fossil fuels.

Photo by Brian W. Ferry

The house consists of three brick-clad boxes with pitched roofs and beak-shaped clerestories, arranged in a pinwheel plan, each rotated 120 degrees from the next. These shifts in geometry, as well as in grade, open and transform the 800-square-foot space in myriad ways, inside and out. 

Yanki and Yael (pictured), both from Israel, have lived in idyllic locales before—notably a home in Usonia, the forested community planned by Frank Lloyd Wright and his followers—but none, in their estimation, compares to this one. In the kitchen, a Wall Lamp by Workstead hangs above the Terrazzo countertops by Kaza.

Yanki and Yael (pictured), both from Israel, have lived in idyllic locales before—notably a home in Usonia, the forested community planned by Frank Lloyd Wright and his followers—but none, in their estimation, compares to this one. In the kitchen, a Wall Lamp by Workstead hangs above the Terrazzo countertops by Kaza.

Photo by Brian W. Ferry

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