interior amenities—from smart-home
century predecessor, we build with a
capability and geo-thermal technology
signature style that can beautifully recreate
to indoor bowling alleys. “With a uniquely
history’s architectural bounty.”
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transitional appeal, this distinctive approach
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to a more modern design is what we
HANDS- ON APPROACH
consider the future will hold,” says Kean,
With any Kean project, the goal, as well
who launched his namesake firm in 1980.
as the challenge, is to create a residential
“This collaboration of past and present has
legacy—a functional estate that stands
a refreshing, youthful approach that
the test of time both aesthetically and
allows for an enormous array of decorating
structurally. The company’s president plays
possibilities.” Building on such hallowed,
an ongoing role in that process, establishing
legendary parcels of Americana is a
a budget with the client, setting goals for
responsibility that the prodigiously
his team, and overseeing each project from
talented team at Kean never takes lightly.
inception through completion. “My name is
“We have always built with integrity and
on the firm, so I need to be an integral part
deference to history—and we continue
of each project,” he says. “It has been an
to share a modern romance with history,”
ambitious and incredibly rewarding
Kean says. “With an abiding love of
part of my craft. Admittedly, I thoroughly
gracefully hung windows, fluid winding
love the challenge.”
balustrades, and the restored limestone porches with masonry identical to its 19th
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CAPTIONS & CREDITS
01.This open-air great room, featuring a custom stone two-story fireplace, offers pool views from the adjoining breakfast room. 02.The front façade of “Twin Peaks” conveys its grand scale and sophisticated detail. 03.In addition to a bar/lounge, gym, sauna, theater and wine room, the lower level of this estate includes a two-lane bowling alley. 04.This formal stainless-steel kitchen features an iceberg marble island and Nano glass countertops. 05.This expansive foyer reveals a mirror-clad two-story ceiling, a staircase with exposed second-floor balustrade and superb millwork. Photography by Sargent Architectural Photography
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