Room of the Year
Gold Award for Best Specialty Room in a Home 2,401 to 4,000 Square Feet
Silver Award for Best One-of-a-Kind Custom Home Up to
4,000 Square Feet

Project: Private Residence
Location: Petersburg, N.Y.
Designer/Architect: LDa Architecture and Interiors, Cambridge, Mass.
Builder: Albert J. Cummings IV General Contractor, Williamstown, Mass.
Photographer: Woodruff/Brown Architectural Photography, Simsbury, Conn.

This Asian-inspired poolhouse is both a serene retreat and a contrast to the rustic main house nearby. It is the essence of simplicity: a glass box with sliding doors that open to the pool, pool deck and landscape surrounding it. A freestanding, elliptical bath/shower pod, clad in Douglas fir veneer, is the centerpiece of the structure. The door to the pod follows the curve, almost disappearing into the surface. Designed for year-round use, the poolhouse is equipped with a freestanding kitchen unit, custom upholstered furniture and wiring for TV, Internet and telephone.