A 50-foot pool connects the main residence with the guest house. From the pavilion one can literally dive in and do laps. The home’s sleek modern design with its angles and diagonal walls overlooks the interior courtyard.
When Clem Schaub’s brother Rick and his wife Melinda asked him to design a house for them in Windsor, he knew the project would be more interesting than most. Having worked with them in the past, he was well aware of their preference for the modern; he was also acquainted with Windsor’s traditional style.
“I’ve designed about 35 homes in Windsor,” he says. “In fact I was one of the architects that Windsor used to develop its code showing how each house would contribute to the community and streetscape. I like the code. It addresses the issue of privacy and keeps everything in line. There’s a sense of propriety, of neighborliness. The aesthetic of Windsor is its own qualifier–if you come in and like what you see, you buy.”
Rick and Melinda had never envisioned themselves living in a community such as Windsor where the architecture was so clearly defined. They perceived it as being too traditional for their contemporary tastes. Their thinking changed the day they decided to turn off A1A, drive in and look around.
Read the entire article in the February 2007 issue
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