Marshfront Retreat is a beautiful home located on a coastal barrier island near Charleston, South Carolina, designed by architecture studio Herlong & Associates. This home overlooks the creeks and marshes that identify the Carolina Lowcountry. The “lighthouse” is derived from images of the first octagonal wooden lighthouse on Sullivan’s Island, lost more than a century ago to a hurricane.

Herlong and Associates is a full service architecture and interiors firm specializing in the design of site responsive, sustainable and comfortably dramatic coastal homes. Their philosophy is that every property owner has a unique opportunity to create a custom home that responds sympathetically to their specific site, lifestyle, and sense of beauty. By determining your wants, needs, and tastes and merging them with a careful analysis of each property, they develop an architecture which enhances living and takes advantage of the unique characteristics of your chosen site.

Photos: Herlong & Associates