BDG 23rd Edition 2020

“Everywhere you turn, there’s a surprise,” says Anthony.
And a novelty that is carefully orchestrated. Every detail—
from the door casings to the stair rail motif to the stove
design—was approached as if it were being done for the
first time. “Even when you think you’ve seen everything,”
says Anthony, “there is something else to see.”
Like the interiors, the grounds, with its rectangular pool,
fire pit terrace and car salon, have a lot of program, but
Gregory Lombardi Design, together with landscape
contractor The Schumacher Companies, “culled out
moments” within the terrain, says Principal Gregory
Lombardi, unifying the landscape elements with a lush
lawn fringed with a garden edge. Not surprisingly, the
array is a natural paradox and “both fluid and geometric,”
he says. “That little overlook for the fire pit is pure
geometry,” and magic.
The home fully engages with its setting and sits privately
on a knoll among canopy trees. It is completely and
organically integrated into its site and the kind of house,
says Marcus, “that when you go by and take a look, you
realize how truly special it is.”
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