Birch Bay House-Lakes Region, NH

In this original design, the clients and our team collaborated on an exterior that fit into the context of the New Hampshire Lakes Region and an expansive, detailed interior with a calm and sophisticated feel. The first floor has ten foot high ceilings with transom windows to allow ample light into the house on the northern side which faces the lake. Both the exterior and interior have a consistently honed fit and finish that makes an appropriate and enjoyable lake home for this couple. Photos by John W. Hession
www.boninarchitects.com
Offices in New London & Meredith, NH

We hope you will enjoy this dramatic "Before" and "After" album of a great project our firm recently completed. A full house renovation, addition and landscape design on Lake Winnepocket in Webster, NH. "After" photography by John W. Hession Photography. www.boninarchitects.com

andhowmanywishesuntilthestarsfall

Whole House Renovation

Here is a photograph taken by John Hession of a whole house renovation located on Lake Winnipocket in Webster, NH. Our firm designed both the home renovation and landscape architecture. www.boninarchitects.com

Beginning this week, Bonin Architects & Associates will now have two office locations to better serve our clients.

Our main office location is 210 Main Street, New London, NH. The second office location is 290 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith NH on Lake Winnipesaukee.

In order to schedule a client meeting, please call 603-526-6200 or Email info@boninarchitects.com.

We have some exciting news to share! Bonin Architects & Associates is opening a second office location in Meredith, NH, directly across from Meredith Bay on the Daniel Webster Highway next week.

Our main office will still remain in New London, NH, the town we love and where we continue to raise our family. As our projects continue to expand to the Lake Winnipesaukee area, we decided to open another office for our client meetings.

Jeremy and I would like to thank our loyal and talented staff (who have become our second family), our clients, friends, business associates, our family, and Bailey  for continued support and embracing all of the changes we’ve made over the past six years.

Bonin Architects & Associates was recently honored to receive two design awards during the New Hampshire Home Magazine Design Awards Ceremony which was recently held in Manchester, NH at the Radisson Hotel.

The first award for Green Design was based on a recently completed timber framed hybrid home located in the Dartmouth/Lake Sunapee region of NH.
Sustainable design elements included:·         The home is a timber frame and structural insulated panel (SIPs) with an ICF foundation.
·         A continuous high R-value envelope; meticulously air sealed and uses balanced HRVs for ventilation.
·         This house was designed to meet the Energy Star certification.
·         Solar hot water and geothermal heating system lower energy costs and eliminate onsite fossil fuel for heating.
·         Materials sourced from local NH and VT companies, sealants/adhesives/paints are all low or no-voc products.
·         100% of storm water run-off is collected and infiltrated in order to protect the water quality of the Lake preventing erosion and siltation in accordance with (and exceeding) the Shoreland Water Quality Protection Act.
·         An existing shed was re-purposed providing lakeside seating, bath facilities and water front storage space.
For photos of this project, please see:
http://www.boninarchitects.com/en/selected-projects/83-portfolio/selected-projects/90-cronenwett.html

The second project received an Honorable Mention Award in Architectural Design for a home designed by Bonin Architects on Lake Sunapee in Newbury, NH. 

Materials, innovative and sustainable components:

·         The foundation was done with insulated concrete formwork; the exterior walls and roof are conventionally framed and highly insulated with a hybrid system, and are properly air sealed for a very weather tight exterior

·         Durable/maintainable materials; cedar shingles, AZEK trim, IPE decking, Hickory flooring, reclaimed wood, tile/stone, aluminum clad wood windows and 50 year asphalt roof shingles

·         Because of the operable windows and doors bringing in the cool lake breeze the client did not want air conditioning.  The home has in floor radiant heat and a Heat Recovery Ventilator to allow preheated fresh air to exchange automatically maintaining a proper balance of fresh air.

·         There was a 5% decrease in the impermeable impact of the site (53% to 48%) was achieved with an overall smaller building footprint and reduction in paved and hardscape areas.

For photos of this award winning project, please see http://www.boninarchitects.com/en/selected-projects/83-portfolio/selected-projects/94-lake-sunapee-cottage.html#M122-LakeSunapeeCottage14