Houses By the Shore

At home with the water—river, lake, sea

BY WAYNETTE GOODSON

This issue of Exterior Design gives you one more reason to look forward to the crisp, cool temps of October: the release of “Houses by the Shore” by Oscar Riera Ojeda and Byron Hawes (Rizzoli New York, 2018).

Set in ideal waterfront locales along romantic rivers and lagoons, the new book highlights 35 spectacular homes, such as the Ocean Deck House in New York (above). With beautiful modernist abodes set beside the golden sands of the Gulf Coast of Mexico, upon the romantic islands of Greece, from Finland to South Africa to New Zealand, the book encompasses the ultimate room with a view.

Each house is placed into context through the lens of Ojeda, a widely respected editor, and supported by descriptive texts written by Hawes, a design critic who’s the founder and editor of the underground architecture and design magazine, The Après Garde.

“Houses by the Shore” showcases homes that demonstrate the diverse ways that today’s leading architects and interior designers build and design homes on the water. They’re also prime examples of the seamless blur between the inside and out, and how the outdoor space complements the design of the home.

Built in stone, glass, wood, steel and concrete, these residences feature inspiring outdoor areas, which cause us to pause and ponder all the possibilities that can be achieved outside. They are the quintessential example of our tagline at Exterior Design . . . Live Openly. □