2009 Southern Home Awards | Best New Home

This bayside Maryland home trumped more than 200 entries in our annual Southern Home Awards. Here’s why it won and what you can learn from its distinctive style.

Chesapeake Bay pitched gables

Laurey W. Glenn

Statuesque beauty

With its identically pitched gables and dormers, vertical siding, and elongated windows, the front of this stylish house resembles an unflinching sentry standing at attention.

Chesapeake Bay legacy

Laurey W. Glenn

Chesapeake inspiration

The inspiration for the home’s winning design came from small structures that have lined the shores of the Chesapeake Bay for centuries.

Chesapeake Bay

Laurey W. Glenn

Transparent tower

Viewed from the back, the Grahams’ waterfront home is nearly transparent―open porches on the first floor catch breezes and large sheets of glass wrap the corners on the upper floors.

Chesapeake Bay

Laurey W. Glenn

Winning homeowners

Homeowners Marilyn Lyons Graham and Corky Graham wanted to build a home that would please not only themselves, but also their children and grandchildren.

Chesapeake Bay

Laurey W. Glenn

Personalized design

Architect Wayne Good first asked the homeowners to write a portrait of themselves and their lifestyle.

Chesapeake Bay

Laurey W. Glenn

Sleek study

Modular, built-in shelving; an ample work surface; and clean-lined cabinets keep everything organized in the study.

Chesapeake Bay master sitting area

Laurey W. Glenn

Private seating

Corky and Marilyn’s master sitting area, which occupies the second level of the tower, is linked to their bedroom by an enclosed bridge.

Chesapeake Bay pavilion

Laurey W. Glenn

Panoramic views

On the first level of the tower, a pavilion offers panoramic views of the South River and Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Bay

Laurey W. Glenn

Triple-hung windows

Ten-foot-tall sheets of 1-inch-thick thermal glass form the corners of the tower.

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