Sea Del House by Robert Gurney
Nationally celebrated oceanfront North Bethany Beach home.
The Sea Del House designed by acclaimed Washington DC-based architect Robert Gurney is a privately listed home on North Bethany Beach. In a gated community, among a cluster of second homes built in the 1970s and 1980, it replaces a small, wood-framed structure that didn't meet the owner's needs, and had been battered by the elements.
The firm has completed several residential projects up the east coast of the US. They include a waterfront family dwelling in Maryland, a residence influenced by mid-century modernism on the Potomac River, and a house topped with a geometric roof in Virginia.
It was the celebrated architect's first oceanfront project. The design takes full advantage of the incomparable exposures of the Atlantic Ocean, using floor-to-ceiling wall-to-wall glass on the Eastern elevation "hovering over the sand dunes."
It is breathtaking. Materials for the exterior were selected to withstand weather and maintenance concerns, while offering an elegant modern aesthetic.
The proportion of the rooms is subtly grand, and together with minimal interior finishes, the oceanfront experience is brilliantly elevated.
The house is designed above twenty two pre-existing wood piles and inform the layout, which comprises three intersecting volumes, the large oceanfront deck and a smaller side terrace.
A driveway patterned with large geometric shapes leads to the ground-floor entrance. Through the front door, a staircase and an elevator provide access to the upper levels.
On the first floor is an open-plan for lounging, dining and kitchen. Full-height glass doors along the rear wall offer views of the beach and sea, and slide open to the large terrace. There are also two bedrooms and bathrooms on this level.
Our team is promoting our colleagues' listing in Delaware for our mutual clients who live primarily in Great Falls, VA. This is a perfect example of the broader exposure offered by listModern through the Sotheby's International Realty network.
Please feel free to contact us for more details or an introduction for a showing with the listing agent, our colleague Justin Noble at Monument Sotheby's International Realty.
