House Designs

Every building has a life of its own, and that life should support your life. A well-designed home respects the human scale and organic nature of its inhabitants, rather than surrounding them with empty, unusable spaces and artificial materials.

The homes at First Light Neighborhood are designed to provide the spaces that you need, with the right blend of coziness and bright, airy spaciousness. The architecture blends with the traditional fabric of New England while following the impulse of Rudolf Steiner found at the nearby Pine Hill Waldorf School and High Mowing School. Steiner's vision for architecture is often reflected in the scarcity of ninety-degree angles—the most obvious detail in a system carefully designed to support the freedom of the human spirit, rather than containing it in mechanical or industrial-feeling spaces.

We believe that a well-designed house is a better value than a "one-size-fits-all" house plunked down at random on a building site. Our homes are an alternative to the plastic boxes so common in today's speculative market. Their form, orientation, and finish materials all relate to the natural surroundings, keeping a low profile so as not to dominate the hill when viewed from afar.

The close-knit neighborhood in which these homes are set, and their porches and dooryard gardens, invite neighbors to interact with each other, while the layout and design of the homes preserves residents' privacy. Careful orientation for maximum winter sun exposure, roof overhangs to shade windows from the summer sun, and superinsulation all minimize utility costs, while natural materials inside and out promote healthy indoor air quality.

The interior layouts have been carefully thought-out to minimize "stress points" like the front entryway and to avoid odd, dead-end or uninviting spaces, while providing real, functional spaces that fit your lifestyle.

Windy Hill Associates combine decades of practical experience building homes that really work for people with the ancient Chinese science of space, shape, color, and material selection known as feng shui and the Steinerian impulse, creating houses that nourish the bodies, minds, and spirits of the people who live in them. And, if you find that some aspect of our designs doesn't quite fit, Windy Hill will work with you to customize the interior spaces of your home.