Forbes House — B.Haley Design + Build

The garden elevation of Forbes House, seen up the lawn

residential

Design and Project Management of a 10,000 square foot new build.

Type: Residential
Location: Milton, Massachusetts
Architect: Yurko Architecture + Design
Photography: Peter Amylon

The house above a sloping lawn and a concrete retaining wall, between tall evergreens.

Broad stone steps up to a glazed front door under a timber-lined canopy, set in grey panelled cladding.

The driveway curving past planting toward the house, a corner of grey brick at the right.

The house seen across a raised bed of low shrubs on the lawn.

Four dark lounge chairs on a bluestone terrace, below the timber-lined overhang of the roof.

Wide stone steps down to the bluestone terrace, beside the timber-clad wall.

Lounge chairs around a low table on the terrace, with trees beyond the low wall.

The terrace under the timber soffit, with a grill against the wall and a stone sphere on the paving.

The house across a wide mown lawn, its two roofs overhanging the upper floor.

The garden front with its two overhanging roofs, the terrace and chairs at the top of the lawn.

A grey brick garage with a dark door at the end of the drive, among trees.

The house seen past a red-leaved maple, across the lawn and planting.

The drive running between lawns toward the house and the garage, a red maple at the left.

A bed facing a wall with a television and long window seat, with glazing wrapping the corner beyond.

Tall glass doors from the bedroom onto a railed deck, with trees and the city skyline beyond.

The bed and an armchair in front of a run of tall windows onto the deck.

The view through the glass doors across the deck to the trees and the skyline.

A white upholstered bed on a dark wood floor, with windows along two walls.

The bed, an armchair and the long window seat, with windows along two walls.

The bed against a white wall, with doors to the hall and the bathroom beside it.

The bed in the middle of the room, glass doors to the deck along the left.

A glass-walled shower in white textured tile with a black hexagon floor, and a glass door to the deck.

The house above a broad bed of planting, under its two overhanging roofs.

A freestanding tub on the dark floor, with a long vanity under the windows beyond.

A white vanity with a bowl basin along a corner of tall windows, frosted below, with copper pendant lights.

The vanity and basin under the corner windows, the lower panes frosted.

A freestanding white tub on a bed of river stones, against a textured dark blue wall.

The vanity and a stool under a tall corner window, a basket of towels on the counter.

The vanity and window seen past the rim of the tub.

The tub on its river stones against the blue wall, with the closet through the doorway beside it.

The glass shower in white tile and black hexagon floor, the vanity stool beyond.

A black vanity with a round mirror and wall light, against white faceted tile.

The white faceted tile wall and round mirror, with a window at the end of the room.

The house across a planted garden crossed by stone stepping slabs.

A long deck with a cable rail, under the timber soffit, beside the glass wall of the house.

The upper deck and its cable rail, with a planter and chairs, over the neighbouring houses.

Two chairs and a side table on a rug on the deck, beside the glazing, with a pool below.

The deck running the length of the glass wall, with a planter at the rail.

The Boston skyline over trees and fields, seen between the frames of the glass doors.

The side of the house above planted banks along the curving drive.

The grey panelled entry block and its front door, reached by stone paving and steps through planting.

The drive leading to a two-car and a single garage with glazed doors, under an overhanging roof.

The front entry and its steps from the forecourt, with a garage door at the right.