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Case Study: Old Yacht Club by Elliott Architects

There are many reasons to rescue an old building—because you have to is one of them, because you want to is another. The new owners of this dilapidated structure teetering over a bay in Blue Hill, Maine, were determined to resuscitate it, despite the fact—as the architects later learned—there was almost nothing left to save. 

Built in 1919, it was once a small yacht club on the private property of one of its members. After the club relocated to its current and more commodious location in the 1940s, the building had undergone a number of unsuccessful interventions. By the time Elliott Architects arrived on the scene, the foundation was severely compromised, the superstructure was failing, the interiors were stripped to bare bones, and, of course, it was in a flood plain. The Old Yacht Club was in no way yar.

“Somebody had bought it and attempted to renovate it for residential,” recalls project architect Corey Papadopoli. “So the use had already been changed. We inherited the use, but unfortunately also a building with no maintenance. Everything had changed but the club room. But it’s a unique site and you would not be able to build here again.”

Preserving and transforming the quaint little building into a viable family retreat required fully dismantling it, labeling and numbering all the parts, and storing them on site. Even the chimney came down—before falling down of its own accord—and was set aside and documented for restoration. Doing all this enabled the team to address the dire state of the foundation. It was a heavy lift that benefited from Elliott Architects’ expertise in coastal design and the myriad rules that govern building at the water’s edge.

“Normally FEMA regulations would require the structure to be on posts and piers, but that would have destroyed the integrity of the building, because its major characteristic was appearing to emanate from the ridge,” Corey explains. “There’s another mechanism where FEMA allows for breakwaters and walls. We got permission to buttress the walls of the foundation, as long as we allowed water to move through it. There were existing openings that we were able to leave open. But we found the foundation was 50% on clay and 50% on ledge. We had to go in in sections and pour concrete to bridge stone walls to the ledge and fully support the thing. It was an intricate process just to get the building stabilized.”

Once the building was properly anchored to its site, the team set about building a new engineered wood and steel superstructure in the shape of the old one, reassembling all the usable timbers and sourcing additional ones, replacing the old leaky single-pane windows with matching high-performance ones, and rebuilding the chimney with a reinforced structure and new firebox.

Better Not Bigger

The next challenge was hewing to the old building’s footprint while accommodating a reimagined and expanded program. The clients requested three bedrooms and bathrooms, plus an open kitchen, living, and dining room in the former club room space. They also wanted views of the water, which the original building had not prioritized—after all, the best views in those days were on boats in the ocean, not inside service buildings on the shoreline. 

This was all within the architects’ wheelhouse, of course, but there was one big catch: “The real trick,” Corey says, “was to figure out the vertical circulation. The original stair was on the exterior of the building, and we wanted to internalize that.” 

Bringing the stair inside would consume vital space needed for storage and other appurtenances of daily life. But coastal architects and builders often think of houses like boat designers do, outfitting every square inch for multiple purposes. The solution for the stair was to turn it a hardworking service wall, containing the powder room, the pantry, the mechanical closet, a coffee bar, and even the refrigerator—at some remove from the kitchen (with the owners’ consent). “Everything is tucked under that stair, it’s like an intricate cabinet with all the stuff built into it,” says Corey.

The kitchen, on the other hand, is designed like freestanding furniture, imposing only lightly on the rebuilt club room’s rugged appeal. To gain extra square footage for the room—and open up views to the water— the architects replaced two largely solid walls with adjoining lift-slide doors pushed into the former covered deck area. When open, the club room converts into a protected porch immersed in water vistas. 

Upstairs, old diminutive dormer windows are now large, glazed projections, adding both headroom and long-range views to the bedrooms. Like the industrial kitchen, they are unapologetically modern. “We wanted to draw a very clear line between old and new. The dormers are butt-glazed, laminated structural glass,” Corey explains. “Upstairs is all new, so we used a clear and neutral palette—everything painted white.” The result is serene and calm, like sitting atop a cloud. 

No Cars, Please

Contributing to the calm is the clients’ embargo against any parking close to the house. Visitors and owners arrive high on the wooded site and work their way down on foot to the seaside along landscaped paths. Those paths morph into stone terraces for al fresco dining and forest bathing, with bay views never out of sight. 

“Previously, the driveway came all the way down with a little turnaround by the stone,” says Corey. “The construction crew had to work their way back out.” At the top of the site, a green-roofed garage/workshop building clad in Shou Sugi Ban hides offending vehicles and other undesirable intrusions. 

Old Yacht Club

East Blue Hill, Maine

Architect: Matt Elliott, AIA, principal in charge; Corey Papadopoli, project architect; Buzzy Cyr, Maggie Kirsch, Elise Schellhase, project team, Elliott Architects, Blue Hill, Maine

Builder: Hewes & Company, Blue Hill, Maine

Landscape Architect: Todd Richardson, Richardson & Associates, Saco, Maine; Atlantic Landscape Construction, Ellsworth, Maine 

Lighting Design: Peter Knuppel, Peter Knuppel Lighting Design, Sullivan, Maine

Project Size: 2,064 square feet

Site Size: 4.3 acres

Construction Cost: Withheld

Photography: Trent Bell Photography (new construction); Ken Woisard (existing photos)

Key Products

Cabinetry: Vipp (kitchen); custom, designed by Elliott Architects and built by Hewes & Co.

Cabinetry Hardware: Blum

Cladding: Easter white cedar shingles, existing stone veneer (repointed and rebuilt as required); Shou Sugi Ban cypress (garage)

Cooktop: Pitt

Countertops: Absolute black granite (bar); Caesarstone (primary bath); teak by Bath in Wood of Maine (forest bath)

Dishwasher: Fisher & Paykel (kitchen); Asko (pantry)

Door Hardware: Tecnoline; Ashley Norton

Engineered Lumber: Weyerhaeuser

Entry Doors: Upstate Door (front door); Marvin (kitchen entry door); Schuco lift slide doors

Faucets: Vipp (kitchen); Grohe (bar); Brizo (powder; primary; ocean bath); Kohler (forest bath)

Flooring: Roasted birch wood by AE Sampson; Cle wall tile (primary bath); Landmark Ceramics (bath floors) 

Garage Doors: PDQ Door Company

Insulation: Corbond (house roofs); Roxul (walls); ZIP System sheathing

Lighting Control: Lutron 

Other Exterior: Boral soffits and exterior trim (house)

Paints/Stains: Cabot; Benjamin Moore; Farrow & Ball

Refrigerator/Freezer: Sub-Zero (under stair); Summit (pantry)

Roofing: Copper standing seam (house); EPDM with green roof (garage)

Toilets: Duravit

Underlayment/Sheathing/Weatherization: AdvanTech; Grace Ultra Underlayment

Washer/Dryer: Electrolux

Water Filtration: Grohe

Windows: Marvin (house and garage); Schuco (dormer glazing)

Window Wall Systems: Schuco lift-slide doors

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Elliott Architects renovates an old yacht club using contemporary architectural techniques connecting the past and the present harmoniously

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• February 1, 2024
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Blue Hill, Maine, USA

Corey Papadopoli of Elliott Architects along with Richardson & Associates have completed the revitalization and restoration of an abandoned Yacht Club originally built in 1919 that sat derelict for years, all while bearing witness to the relentless coastal climate of Maine.

The Old Yacht Club has recently been awarded a 2023 American Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies.

The process required the removal of much of the interior fabric and all that remained intact was the original Club Room.

It would require the right temperament and commitment to restore its historical memory while modernizing the early 20th-century structure.

Built partially on the ledge and partially on clay, the foundation was deteriorating as evidenced by the severe settling of the structure above.

Furthermore, it was never designed to comply with present floodplain regulations.

The stone walls would require buttressing and underpinning to endure the obstinate conditions its site presents.

So, the superstructure was removed, and the club room was deconstructed piece by piece, each labeled and numbered.

The chimney was also dismantled; a giant jigsaw puzzle carefully laid out on the ground for future reassembly.

After the foundation was reinforced and repointed, a new wood and steel superstructure was erected above in the exact shape and profile of the original Yacht Club.

Inside this shell, the Club Room was rebuilt, replete with its accompanying chimney.

And here lies the point of departure for the new construction.

Renovation often calls to mind the thought problem of Perseus’ ship.

How does one renovate a historical structure and adapt it to a new use without obfuscating past and present?

The solution in this case involved developing an architectural language that relates to the old while clearly of the present.

Two large moves helped transform it into a residence while paying homage to its past. In both instances old and new are distinct.

The replacement of a corner of the Club Room with large sliding glass panels coupled with the addition of two glass dormers transformed the otherwise lightless building into a two-way receptacle for light.

While admitting sunlight deep into the house throughout the day, at night it is a luminous beacon on the coast, a reminder of memory restored.

The organization of the site follows a ceremonial progression from arrival through the various aspects of the landscape to a culmination in the vista out to the sea.

People and automobiles arrive at the same place, an entry court high above the house.

Vehicular access is prohibited from this point and pedestrians and passengers merge and descend through the site.

A series of stone steps defines a winding path that leads to the entry of the house or continues along the terrain to a terrace overlooking the ocean.

Here the house emerges from the ledge and even those parts of the house that are not transparent blend with the environment.

The modern interventions appear in harmony with the traditional, never confrontational.

There is something familiar about it, and yet something unexpected.

It invites discovery and begs exploration, reawakening memory once lost to time.

Project: Old Yacht Club Architect: Elliott Architects Original Architect: Alida Milliken (1919) Lead Architect: Corey Papadopoli Design Team: Matt Elliott, Buzzy Cyr, Maggie Kirsch, and Elise Schellhase Landscape Architect: Richardson & Associates Structural Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti Lighting Designer: Peter Knuppel Lighting Design General Contractor: Hewes and Company Client: Matt Herrington and Shannon Hawkins Photographers: Trent Bell Photography

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Many Seattle Yacht Club members cruise the waters of the Pacific Northwest in powerboats.  Whether touring the Club’s 10 Outstations, located from Gig Harbor in the south to Cortes Bay in the north, or exploring the fresh water lakes, our members tend to enjoy their time on the water. SYC has a number of interesting and exciting events for members with powerboats. These include formal events with fun interactive themes, local and long-range cruises from Puget Sound to the Canadian Gulf Islands, and monthly dinners with exciting and informative speakers. Our monthly club dinners include topics about boating in the Northwest and adventures from around the world. These dinner are also a fun way to meet with fellow Club members and share boating experiences.

Seattle Yacht Club also hosts Navigational Rallies (aka Predicted Log Racing) around Puget Sound. These navigational contests are a great opportunity for members to improve their knowledge of their boat and skills of predicting the boat’s performance around a designated course.

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SYC is recognized among the leading yacht clubs of the world with a renowned comprehensive junior sailing program, in which the Junior Race Team is an integral part.  Our Junior Race Team draws upon a broad base of young sailors (open to the public) primarily from the SYC Summer Sailing School, SYC’s Northwest Interscholastic High School Sailing Team (HS Sailing), and community outreach programs.  The SYC Junior Race Team and HS Sailing provide youths, from ages 8 to 18, the opportunity to reach for competitive success at all levels while developing athletic skills, leadership, sportsmanship and a lifelong love for boating.  SYC has given rise to numerous generations of successful Pacific Northwest sailors, including multiple Olympic champions.  The SYC Race Team continues the Club’s legacy of achievement, representing SYC in local, regional, national and international competitions.

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Progress juniors from participation to development to the highest levels of youth racing achievement.

• Provide a fun and supportive environment for junior racers of all abilities
• Provide coaches exceptional in their sailing accomplishments and their abilities to train and inspire our racers
• Maintain facilities and equipment equal or superior to leading yacht clubs around the world
• Promote interest and participation in sailing and racing with an active, adaptive outreach program
• Prepare racers for Collegiate Sailing providing an opportunity to leverage individual racers’ sailing skills and racing achievements in the college application process
• Develop  a lifelong interest and appreciation of sailing and racing in all Race Team members while promoting SYC junior membership in a family oriented, supportive environment

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Cameron has been the SYC Jr Race Team coach since 2011. Originally from Upstate NY, Cam has lived on both coasts, but has come to call the NW home.

Cam has been a sailing coach for the better part of 20 years. He has worked for various yacht clubs and sailing programs in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle. 

The SYC Jr Race Team does most of its year-round training on Shilshole Bay (Puget Sound), however Cam and the team travel all over the country competing in over 25 regattas every year. A busy training and regatta schedule is what makes the SYC Jr sailors the best in the North West!

The team has found lots of success under Coach Cam with SYC sailors winning national championships, qualifying for international regattas, and dominating the NW Youth Racing Circuit. It’s exciting and fun to work with such committed, talented, and hard working Jr sailors representing the club. 

2017 was a big year for the team and the sailing department! They were honored to receive the Captain Joe Prosser Award, from US Sailing, for excellence in sailing instruction. The Jr sailors list of accomplishments is far too long to list here, so please stop Cam in the hallway or on the dock to hear about it all! Or join them at the SYC Jr sailing awards held every January, to meet the team, celebrate an amazing year, and help them kick off the successful season ahead. Go SYC!

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Seattle Yacht Club welcomes applications for membership from Northwest boaters ages 10+ who would like to join our active community.

Members of the Club are entitled to use our Portage Bay Clubhouse with casual and fine dining restaurants, banquet and meeting facilities, guest moorage, and permanent moorage (subject to availability).  Members are also encouraged to participate in a wide range of regattas and cruises, and enjoy activities and dining events at the Club.  Membership with SYC offers use of our Elliott Bay clubhouse facilities and discounted Elliott Bay moorage (subject to availability), use of nine Outstations (listed below), and reciprocal privileges to more than 225 other yacht clubs around the world.  

SYC OUTSTATIONS

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• Ganges – Saltspring Island, Gulf Islands, B.C. 
• Garden Bay – Pender Harbor, B.C. 
• Gig Harbor – South Puget Sound 
• Henry Island – Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands 
• Ovens Island – Dunsmuir Islands, Gulf Islands, B.C. 
• Port Madison – Bainbridge Island 

Several levels of membership are available based on the age and marital status of the candidate.  For an individual membership, the initiation fee is determined by the age of the new member on the date the application is completed.  Monthly dues adjust throughout the life of a membership as it advances from one class to another.  We encourage married couples to apply for joint membership.  There is one initiation fee, which is determined by the age of the older spouse on the date the application is completed.  The monthly dues are determined using the birthdate of the older spouse.  To request a chart of the current fees and dues, contact SYC's Membership Director.

Each membership application needs one primary sponsor and three other members to serve as recommenders (all must be voting or Surviving members of SYC).  The application process begins when a voting member of SYC checks out an application packet and becomes the applicant’s sponsor. 

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If you are interested in exploring membership and receiving an invitation to SYC's next Open House (date TBD), please complete and submit a Prospective Member Interest Form . 

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Old Yacht Club Transformation: A Modern Homage to Coastal Heritage

Discover the transformation of the Old Yacht Club into a breathtaking private residence by Elliott Architects in Blue Hill, ME. Originally built in 1919, this coastal gem combines the building’s historical essence with modern design elements, turning it into a unique home that pays homage to its past while providing contemporary living spaces and embracing the stunning sea vistas.

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Reviving coastal heritage: the old yacht club transformation.

The Old Yacht Club, an architectural relic sitting at the edge of a picturesque Maine bay, has been given a new lease on life. Originally constructed in 1919 and left derelict for decades, this project by Elliott Architects in 2023 skillfully merges its storied past with a refreshing, modern aesthetic. The challenge lay in retaining the essence of its historical memory while equipping it for 21st-century living.

After a meticulous deconstruction of the original club room and chimney, piece by piece, the foundation was reinforced to meet current floodplain regulations. Rising from this enhanced base, a new wood and steel superstructure replicates the yacht club’s original silhouette. Within this frame, the heart of the club – the club room and chimney – was reborn, symbolizing a bridge between eras.

Architectural Dialogue: Bridging Old and New

The design philosophy behind the project anchors in a dialogue between past and present. The restoration involved careful integration of large sliding glass panels in place of a club room corner, and the addition of two glass dormers. This not only conserves the original structure’s spirit but also infuses the space with natural light, transforming it into a beacon of warmth along the coastal landscape. At night, this luminosity extends a symbolic reminder of the building’s rejuvenation.

A Journey Through Landscape and Memory

The redesigned landscape plays a significant role in the overall experience, guiding visitors through a sequence of meticulously crafted environments, from the arrival court to the sea-facing terrace. This path not only mirrors the ceremonial essence of the original yacht club’s setting but also emphasizes the symbiosis between the architectural form and its natural surroundings. The juxtaposition of modern elements with the rugged Maine coastline adds a layer of intrigue, inviting exploration and reflection.

In this remarkable transformation, Elliott Architects has not only preserved a piece of coastal heritage but has also introduced a model for thoughtful renovation and adaptation. The Old Yacht Club now stands as a testament to the belief that architecture can honor its past while boldly stepping into the future.

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Given three different design options for the new Yacht Club Community Center , most of the Cape Coral City Council is leaning toward a coastal, Key West-flavor architecture.

At a committee of the whole meeting on Wednesday, the city sought direction from the council on a design direction for the outside of the community building.

"It's a concept, just like we do with anything else, and as we are designing, things may come up that we want to shift and be nimble (on)," said Cape Coral City Manager Michael Ilczyszyn.

James Pankonin with Kimley Horn, a consulting firm focusing on public and private developments, presented the information about the look of the community building.

Cape Coral's Yacht Club Community Park, which includes a yacht basin, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a ballroom, and a beach, has been a popular attraction and staple for the city since the 1960s but is set to undergo major renovations after Hurricane Ian delayed the original plans .

The current plans include a new two-story community center to replace the ballroom, removing the tennis courts, rearranging the area to accommodate a four-story parking garage, a new restaurant, and a new resort-style pool.

The city is also preparing for the demolition of the Yacht Club and its facilities in April as it awaits permits.

No estimates could be provided for the price of the new building.

"It will really come into how much of certain materials are needed and construction methods," Ilczyszyn said.

The city will have that information once they have 30% of the construction design.

Two public meetings for the designs are planned for April 2 and May 7.

After getting public input, the city will vote to amend its contract with Kimley Horn to approve all these changes.

The plan is to have these changes approved or introduced before the summer hiatus.

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John Bryant with Sweet Sparkman Architecture and Interiors, a Sarasota-based design firm, said the goal with the new designs was to maintain the experience of the original Yacht Club.

The majority of the council preferred option one.

Design one:

Bryant described the first option as "coastal vernacular" and similar to the park buildings at Lake Kennedy and Yellow Fever Creek.

"So it's sort of informed by the current architectural work in 2024," Bryant said. "Kinda Key West."

Councilmember Dan Sheppard and Mayor John Gunter preferred option one.

Gunter said the design was the most pleasing for him.

Councilmember Keith Long liked option one and said he liked the Key West aesthetic.

Councilmember Tom Hayden liked option one.

Design two:

Option two is more informed by the current Yacht Club and would have a stone base and mid-century feel to it, according to Bryant.

"There's certainly opportunity to kind of further develop this option to have even more of the existing Yacht Club feel, but a different vibe, feel than option one," Bryant said.

He also said option two might be more expressive the closer they try to recreate the aesthetic of the old ballroom building.

Councilmember Jessica Cosden liked design two as it incorporated design elements of the old building though she lamented how similar it looked to the first design.

"I wish we could have done more, but I know it's hard with a two-story building, to make it look the same as a very unique one-story building.

Councilmember Bill Steinke said two would be his choice as well, but was wary of additional maintenance of natural wood products used in the design.

"As long as we can bring that aesthetic and keep the maintenance down, number two would be my choice," Steinke said.

Councilmember Robert Welsh said he could go either way, but he liked the look of two.

Design three:

This would be more contemporary and modern.

"Even with a more contemporary language, you can still have warmth, incorporating some wood elements and stone elements," Bryant said.

None of the council members expressed any favorability for the third design.

Inside the new community center

The Community Center will have an additional 10,000 square feet for a total of 47,000 square feet, a history room to remember the first ballroom building on the first floor, and more rooms for civic and community use on the first floor.

Additionally, the new ballroom has shifted slightly as the balcony area on the second floor has been expanded to wrap around the top of the building.

January Lunch: Seattle State of the Market: Closing out 2023 and looking ahead to 2024

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January 10 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

Please join us as we welcome in 2024! Elliott Krivenko from CoStar will discuss the state of the local economy, the impact on commercial and multi-family real estate in the Seattle Metropolitan market by looking back at where we’ve been and what may be coming as we move through the new year. His expectations for our market are data driven with an understanding of the nuances in the region.

About our speaker:

Elliott Krivenko is CoStar’s Director of Market Analytics in Seattle, covering multifamily and commercial real estate analytics for Alaska, Montana, and Washington State. He came to CoStar from the Downtown Seattle Association, where he led research for more than 15 years. There, he developed a dashboard to track economic vitality, featured in the journal Big Data. He also produced an annual “State of Downtown” report. Prior to launching his professional career, Krivenko earned a master’s degree in community development.

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