As you approach Thomas Phifer and Partners’ house in upstate New York, the long, steep climb up a winding country road ends not with a dramatic structure, nor a sweeping panorama; its denouement is merely a prelude to the multifaceted spatial sequence to come. Everything about this rural retreat—whose design and construction has spanned a decade—is deliberate and unhurried, a jarring contrast to the frenzied lifestyle of the Manhattan-based family that escapes here on weekends.
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