The Power of Nature

Drawing its energy from the sun and wind, this newly built off-the-grid cottage combines the charm of old Nantucket with state-of-the-art sustainable design.

For help with the concept, he consulted designers he was working with on a hotel: architect Doug Wright of the international firm Hart Howerton, and Linda Woodrum of T.S. Hudson Interiors in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Photographer Annie Schlecter, Writer Susan Heeger, Stylist Olga Naiman

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Quintessential Cottage

Because the house was too frail to keep, he decided to build a new one as modest and detailed as the original but technologically modern. For help with the concept, he consulted designers he was working with on a hotel: architect Doug Wright of the international firm Hart Howerton, and Linda Woodrum of T.S. Hudson Interiors in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.