Millbrook Residence Dutchess County, NY

7,565 sf Main House | 1,440 sf Pool House/Garage Located in Dutchess County, New York in the southern region of the Taconic Mountains, this hilltop residence is designed for long views of the valley below and surrounding horse pastures, meadows, mountain vistas and nearby forest preserve. RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE designed Millbrook Residence as a summer estate for an avid polo player and his family to enjoy the 165-acre property upon which he built his own private polo field and horse stables. The project consists of a 7,500 square foot main residence, pool house, and infinity pool. The architecture is anchored to the site with extensive landscaping designed by Wagner Hodgson Landscape Architecture. Interiors are elegantly and meticulously furnished by interior designer Selina Van Der Geest. In response to the owner’s directive to maximize glazing areas, the architects collaborated with a specialized European minimal-frame window manufacturer based in Switzerland to fabricate oversized, precision-engineered custom windows with maximum sightlines. Individual glass panels measure as large as 9 feet high by 16 feet wide, comprising continuous units as long as 70 feet with mere 1-1/2" wide mullions between individual panels. Programmatically, the main level is divided into two wings, bisected by a dominant landscaping axis leading to the main entry deck and foyer through a glass pivot door. One wing is dedicated to service functions, including a professional chef's kitchen, butler’s pantry, mudroom, guest powder room, and staff powder room. The opposite wing consists of a great room featuring an extensive library wall with rolling ladder. An adjacent wood-burning fireplace is surrounded by black steel wall cladding. Along the backside of the library wall is a linear art gallery, also clad in black steel. Adjoining the great room is a media room with its own wood-burning fireplace and black steel surround. Here, a hideaway office nook is concealed behind a sliding barn door clad with hundreds of oval-shaped brass sequins. Other main level spaces include a playroom, exercise room, yoga deck, and wraparound stone terrace.