This 2,700-square-foot oceanfront house, balancing vernacular charm and high-style Classicism, establishes its own identity while adhering to the town of Seaside's strict design guidelines. The compact plan looks to the traditional urban townhouse model but employs a side entry through the garden. Children's bedrooms are located at the ground level with a screened porch facing the dune; the great room on the piano nobile above opens to another porch overlooking the ocean. The master bedroom suite, with sweeping vistas of both the town and the ocean, occupies the third level, its porch displaying the single Ionic column that gives the house its iconic presence and affords clear diagonal views along the surf. Combining a casual beach vibe with imaginative details inspired by Swedish Classicism, this award-winning house earned high praise from Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk—the architect-planners of the groundbreaking New Urbanist community in which it stands—and made the cover of Architectural Digest soon after its completion.