A Builders Life Done Well

A BUILDER’S LIFE DONE WELL THE STORY OF PRUTTING + CO.

A REFLECTION ON FIFT Y YEARS OF BUILDING

BY DAVID L. PRUTTING

CONTENTS 7 11

DEDICATION INTRODUCTION

27

FOR THE CLIENTS

145

FOR THE BUILDERS

152

Hilltop House

32

Horizon House

162

Stone Connecticut Manor House

40

Greenwich Harbor House

172

Teahouse

50

A House in Ghent

184

New Canaan Modern

62

River House

74

New Canaan Townhouse

195

MORE HOUSES

FOR THE ARCHITECTS

196

Greenwich Waterfront

200

Lost & Found Lab

100

Mirror House

204

Greenwich 2008

110

Westchester Retreat

208

Marcel Breuer House Remodel

118

Modern Farmhouse

212

New Canaan Leisure

132

Four Points House

216

Stonington Waterfront

229 233 235 237 239 243

AFTERWORD AWARDS PROJECT CREDITS: FEATURED HOUSES PROJECT CREDITS: MORE HOUSES PHOTOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

89

CONTENTS 7 11

DEDICATION INTRODUCTION

27

FOR THE CLIENTS

145

FOR THE BUILDERS

152

Hilltop House

32

Horizon House

162

Stone Connecticut Manor House

40

Greenwich Harbor House

172

Teahouse

50

A House in Ghent

184

New Canaan Modern

62

River House

74

New Canaan Townhouse

195

MORE HOUSES

FOR THE ARCHITECTS

196

Greenwich Waterfront

200

Lost & Found Lab

100

Mirror House

204

Greenwich 2008

110

Westchester Retreat

208

Marcel Breuer House Remodel

118

Modern Farmhouse

212

New Canaan Leisure

132

Four Points House

216

Stonington Waterfront

229 233 235 237 239 243

AFTERWORD AWARDS PROJECT CREDITS: FEATURED HOUSES PROJECT CREDITS: MORE HOUSES PHOTOGRAPHY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

89

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON \ NEW YORK

HORIZON HOUSE

38 39

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON \ NEW YORK

HORIZON HOUSE

38 39

GREENWICH \ CONNECTICUT

GREENWICH HARBOR HOUSE

48 49

GREENWICH \ CONNECTICUT

GREENWICH HARBOR HOUSE

48 49

GREENWICH \ CONNECTICUT

RIVER HOUSE

70 71

GREENWICH \ CONNECTICUT

RIVER HOUSE

70 71

NEW CANAAN \ CONNECTICUT

NEW CANAAN TOWNHOUSE

82 83

NEW CANAAN \ CONNECTICUT

NEW CANAAN TOWNHOUSE

82 83

POUND RIDGE \ NEW YORK

MIRROR HOUSE

104 105

POUND RIDGE \ NEW YORK

MIRROR HOUSE

104 105

114 115

WESTCHESTER RETREAT

114 115

WESTCHESTER RETREAT

POUND RIDGE \ NEW YORK

TEAHOUSE

174 175

POUND RIDGE \ NEW YORK

TEAHOUSE

174 175

This was an expansion/renovation of a prominent architect and furniture designer’s New Canaan, CT, residence. Architect Toshiko Mori and her team designed a stunning glass entry and a new bedroom wing cantilevered over the rear slope

More Houses

NEW CANAAN \ CONNECTICUT

MARCEL BREUER HOUSE REMODEL

of the property. Stonework was painstakingly disassembled and reinstalled, including the entire mosaic flagstone interior floor, to replicate the original af ter removal for me chanic al placement. Work included an overhaul and expansion of a pool house and patios.

ARCHITECTURE: TOSHIKO MORI ARCHITECT

209

This was an expansion/renovation of a prominent architect and furniture designer’s New Canaan, CT, residence. Architect Toshiko Mori and her team designed a stunning glass entry and a new bedroom wing cantilevered over the rear slope

More Houses

NEW CANAAN \ CONNECTICUT

MARCEL BREUER HOUSE REMODEL

of the property. Stonework was painstakingly disassembled and reinstalled, including the entire mosaic flagstone interior floor, to replicate the original af ter removal for me chanic al placement. Work included an overhaul and expansion of a pool house and patios.

ARCHITECTURE: TOSHIKO MORI ARCHITECT

209

A BUILDER’S LIFE DONE WELL THE STORY OF PRUTTING + CO.

A REFLECTION ON FIF T Y YEARS OF BUILDING

BY DAVID L. PRUTTING

Based in New Canaan, Connecticut, David Prutting, founder of Prutting + Co., has built some of the finest contemporary houses in the area. While this stunning publication features many of these spectacular residences, this is a monograph without pretention, as Prutting takes readers behind the scenes to offer a unique builder’s perspective.

Prut ting has built many awardwinning residences designed by S teven Holl Architects, Toshiko Mori Architects, Joeb Moore & Par tners, Olson Kundig, and KieranTimberlake, plus many others. It takes a courageous client, a visionar y architect, and an exacting builder to bring these homes to life. But it’s the builder who bridges the gap between an architect’s drawings and a client’s reality. In A Builder’s Life Done Well, Prutting imparts words of wisdom and advice for clients, architects, and contractor s, sharing his experience of building these distinguished contemporar y homes and running a successful business.

$60.00 [USA] £40.00 [GB]

Front cover: David Sundberg / Esto Photography (New Canaan Modern) Back cover: David Sundberg / Esto Photography (New Canaan Townhouse)