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COASTAL connection

IKE GREAT ART, a great house does not scream for attention. This Cape Cod beachfront home presents with a restrained appeal rooted in the Shingle Style. The project was shaped by Peter Zimmerman, AIA, founding principal of Peter Zimmerman Architects of Berwyn, Pennsylvania, along with owners Bonnie and Richard Rossello, and with Dan Solien of Botanica Fine Gardens Ltd., and Mary Hastings Interiors. • Evidence of Zimmerman’s gift for finding art in architecture is in every room of this 4,970-square-foot

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