![Crab Creek House / Robert Gurney Architect - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5015/3ded/28ba/0d02/f000/0950/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1361419137)
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Architects: Robert Gurney Architect
- Year: 2009
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Photographs:Hoachlander-Davis Photography
Text description provided by the architects. This house, located in Annapolis, Maryland, is built on the foundation of a 1960s post and beam modern house. The foundation was kept in an effort to retain it’s proximity to Crab Creek, an estuary that feeds the Chesapeake Bay.
![Crab Creek House / Robert Gurney Architect - Windows, Door, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5015/3de5/28ba/0d02/f000/094e/newsletter/stringio.jpg?1361128748)
Strict environmental regulations prohibited enlarging the pre-existing footprint or adding significant square footage to the house. The house is organized around a linear bar, clad in white stucco.
![Crab Creek House / Robert Gurney Architect - Windows, Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5015/3db8/28ba/0d02/f000/0944/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1361128702)
From this central spine, additional spaces are articulated as independent volumes, projecting vertically and clad in either wood or metal siding. The spaces are also organized around a swimming pool and views toward Crab Creek. A continuous wall of glass and covered porch heightens the interaction between inside and outside.
![Crab Creek House / Robert Gurney Architect - Facade, Windows, Garden](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5015/3dd4/28ba/0d02/f000/094a/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1361128730)
The primary spaces in the house are oriented toward the water views, have high ceilings and are light filled.
![Crab Creek House / Robert Gurney Architect - Facade](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/5015/3dd9/28ba/0d02/f000/094b/medium_jpg/stringio.jpg?1361128736)
Materials used throughout the interior include white oak flooring and millwork, black slate, white marble, rusted steel and translucent glass. Additional materials used on the exterior include field stone, board-formed concrete, bluestone and ground-faced block.
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