Contemporary
Vermont Homes

Experience Vermont’s lush greenery and mountain views from your contemporary home. Contemporary homes lend themselves to being a part of the landscape. From a living room incased in windows to the expansive porch, contemporary homes offer every way to enjoy the beautiful Vermont surroundings. 


Contemporary Home - South Londonderry, VT

Here are some of the custom details of this particular home’s craftsmanship from Ian Jensen, Owner:

“We built an antique king truss timber-frame inside a conventional framed house, much like building a ship in a bottle. For the exterior porch timber frame, we delicately carved mortise and tenon joinery into Douglas Fir timbers and fastened with hardwood pegs. 

On the exterior, I love the detail of mitered corners around the entire exterior of the house. There are no corner boards to detract from the beautiful horizontal lines. A ½” rainscreen was installed around the entire house to allow proper airflow to the house and siding to ensure a long lasting and healthy home. We custom milled and built all of the exterior window bracketry out of clear cedar.

We took the time to epoxy all of the pieces together to make sure they stand the tests of time. The four fireplaces are works-of-art combining reclaimed granite sourced from different areas in New England and fieldstone from the property. 

Each fireplace makes its own unique statement with massive slabs of reclaimed granite around the openings, raised hearth, and, one of the fireplaces has, granite block corners stretching from floor to ceiling.

We used a talented local blacksmith to custom weld the stair and loft railings, supports for the massive Danby marble island, and the custom fireplace screens. 

Old barnboard and hand-hewn beams were garnered from our own stock of local barn timbers that we had dismantled or locally sourced and erected throughout the kitchen, dining, great room, master bedroom, wine and media room.  A local cabinet maker was used to create all of the custom cabinetry. This houses mechanical system is something to be admired. 

Full geothermal heating and cooling system with radiant heat supplies each level of the house. Air quality is addressed through make-up air systems for the fireplaces and cooking range, and HRV fresh air circulation system with humidifier to make sure this home is as healthy as possible for its owners.

This was certainly a project we took pride in.”

Architect: Ramsay Gourd Architects
Photographer: Ridgelight Studio