In Connecticut, a Home That Marries Modern Living With Accessibility

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By Fred A. BernsteinSept. 13, 2023 4:45 pm ET

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Architecture enthusiasts Donna and Ben Rosen built an addition onto their Charles Gwathmey-designed house that can be navigated by wheelchair

Stairs leading up from the pool deck end at the hallway that separates the house, right, from the new addition, or pod, by architect Michael Arad, left.

If there is one thing Donna and Ben Rosen love, it is modern architecture. So when Ben suffered a stroke and they had to find a way to make their house in Kent, Conn., wheelchair-accessible, one of their highest priorities was ensuring that the building remain just as Charles Gwathmey envisioned it 35 years ago. Gwathmey, who died in 2009, was a prominent modernist architect known for working crisply geometric forms into houses of surprising luxury and drama. His clients included Jerry Seinfeld, Steven Spielberg and David Geffen. The Rosens joined that club when they bought the house—in pristine condition—from its original owners in 2002, the year they married. “We’re stewards of this house,” says Donna, a former gallery owner. “It’s our job to protect it.”

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