More Life
— Portfolio · Live · No. iii

Casa TRES.

StatusComing soon · 2027
AddressLake Mohegan · Fairfield, CT
ArchitectureModern Colonial · 1 of 1
DispositionInquire privately
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— The location

Lake Mohegan.

Fairfield, Connecticut — where the trilogy closes beside the water.

The house, told slowly.

DetailEl detalle

Bathrooms
Six · 1 of 1
Architecture
Modern Colonial
Materiality
Marble · Light · Stone
Coming soon
Summer 2027
Address
Lake Mohegan · Fairfield, CT
Setting
Coastal Connecticut
Sq Ft
—
Lot Size
17,000 sq ft
Position
iii. of the trilogy
Disposition
Live
Creationverb
the execution of an idea — made real.
crear — ejecutar una idea hasta volverla real.

The Plans.El plano

Mock-up · plans forthcoming KITCHEN MUD & PANTRY GREAT ROOM DINING FOYER STAIR N 0 20 FT CASA TRES · LEVEL 01 LAKE MOHEGAN · FAIRFIELD, CT
— The Plan · No. 01 The First Floor Where the day begins — entry, hearth, and table. Step inside the drawing — four floors, by hand →

We drew her twice — once on paper, and once in the light. The plan is a modern reading of the colonial form: a center hall that holds the Home in balance, rooms turned to meet the southern light before you do. Walls moved by feet, not inches, until the proportion felt inevitable. You'll read the symmetry before you can name it — and that is the point. Most homes are drawn on paper. This one was designed in real life.

Form
Modern colonial, re-proportioned
Plan
Center-hall symmetry
Orientation
Drawn to the southern light
Circulation
A quiet spine, room to room
Ceilings
Raised where the light needs room
Threshold
Stone to oak — outside, in
Sightline
The view held to the end of the hall
Drawing
Designed in real life

"1 of 1" — means there is nothing like her.

"1 de 1" — significa que no hay otra como ella.

Six bathrooms. All 1 of 1. Marble that doesn't repeat itself. Light arranged the way a film would arrange it — slow, deliberate, returning. Casa TRES is a modern reading of the colonial form, the proportions held by something older than the house but newer than the eye.

This is where the trilogy begins.

Casa TRES covered porch under timber gable in warm daylight
The porch, dayEl porche, de día
Entry hall with hardwood floor and rising staircase at Casa TRES
ArrivalLa llegada
Figure walking through Casa TRES kitchen at night with under-cabinet glow
A figure, after dinnerUna figura, después de cenar
Open staircase with black metal balusters and wood treads at Casa TRES
The black railEl barandal negro

Light through order.

The home is composed first by what comes through the windows. Marbles allow life to reflect uniquely — the same room reads differently at seven in the morning than it does at six in the evening, and the house was built to know that. Reflections that intertwine with our reality. Windows that seem like mirrors. Mirrors into our future.

Calacatta marble waterfall backsplash and pro range in Casa TRES kitchen
Calacatta, holding lightEl mármol sostiene la luz
Modern dining room with linear wood pendant fixture and herringbone floor
The line of pendantsLa línea de las lámparas
"Showers that glow like stars. Where spirits come to life."

Energy — we need her sometimes. Here you control when she goes on. Here you control when she has life. The architecture is generous about what it gives the inhabitant, and patient about waiting to be asked.

The star pieces, in motionLas piezas estrella
Cluster of clear glass bubble pendants in designer chandelier at Casa TRES
Glass, suspendedCristal, en suspenso
Frosted glass shower partition with rainfall texture at Casa TRES bath
Water, behind glassEl agua, tras el cristal
Backlit mirror with LED border and black sconce in Casa TRES bathroom
A mirror, lit from behindUn espejo, con luz detrás

Lived, not posed.

Casa TRES photographs are taken without urgency. They are not tours. They are evidence — of mornings, of silence, of the slow pleasure of a house that has decided who it belongs to. We do not hurry the camera here. We do not rush anything here.

Casa TRES at blue hour, upper porch warmly lit beneath a deep blue dusk sky
Blue hour, upper porchLa hora azul
Night exterior of Casa TRES, upper porch with two silhouettes against warm light
Two on the porchDos en el porche
Distant wide view of Casa TRES at night, all windows lit against dark sky
From a distance, at nightDesde lejos, de noche

The house keeps a slower clock. El reloj de la casa va más despacio.

— Night mode

Night mode.

She is not lit yet — the wiring waits, the fixtures still in their boxes. But we have already stood on this ground after dark, and we know the hour she will keep: low and warm along the stone, caught in the bare trees, pooling where you'll one day stand with a glass and let the day settle. She will wake as the night deepens — never the same hour twice.

Some homes turn off at night. Ours will come awake.

Be there when she wakes
Casa TRES after dark — uplights washing warm along the stone wall, bare trees and a deep blue night above
The arrival, headlights returning
Light through marble
The full elevation
A figure in the doorway
A balcony, half-listening
Dusk, from the garden — fire

Color Palette.La paleta

Ten colors, chosen by hand — one at a time, against the real walls, at the hour they would be lived in. Nine are warm grays, close cousins, almost the same — and that is the secret. One gray reads like morning in the bedroom and like dusk in the study; warmed by oak in one room, cooled by stone in the next. You won't notice the palette. You'll notice that every room feels like it was waiting for you. Some homes are painted. Ours are tuned — color by color, room by room.

Bone
#ECE6D7
Morning walls — the house before it wakes.
Plaster
#E0D7C4
The center hall, holding the first light.
Oat
#D4C7AE
Bedrooms at seven — warm, unhurried.
Greige
#C2B9A6
Where the warm gray begins.
Fog
#ADA89C
The bath, after the glass clears.
Dove
#989389
A shadow allowed to stay soft.
Stone
#7E7872
The stair, in afternoon shade.
Ash
#625D57
The study at dusk.
Graphite
#3C3833
The black rail — the line that holds.
Brass
#C9B894
The one warm note — gold, asked for by name.

Casa TRES holds three lanes.

Time, Her, and Him are not separate from this home. They live within her — three lenses we used in every decision.

Time

The hours the house was built. The decisions made and unmade. The patience between rough framing and final stone. "¿Qué es la prisa?"

Her

The morning kitchen with light through linen. The marble of the bath. The arc of the railing. "She turns the room without entering it."

Him

The library at midnight, lamp lit. The bar shadowed. The way a room rests after a long evening. "At night, we come alive."

People talking on a porch in warm late light — the More Life real experience
— The people

A home is the people who fill it.

Picture the porch a season from now — a conversation that forgets the hour, a door left open, someone arriving. This is the moment the house stops being a drawing and starts being yours.

Some houses are sold to a buyer. Ours are handed to a family — and the life begins the day you arrive.

Step into the real experience

One home, a whole world.

Casa TRES is a single chapter of More Life. Step back and walk the larger experience — the practice, the people, and the life we compose across every home we build.

Enter the experience
— The build

Built by the family that stays.

Twelve years of foundations stand behind this house — every Cortes home since 2014, raised beam by beam by the same hands. The crew pouring her first footing is the crew that will set her final stone.

Years from now, when the house asks for something, the same family answers the door — because they never really leave it.

Some homes are built by a contractor. Ours are built by a family — and the family is still here.

Meet Cortes Building Group

Inquire privately.

For owners considering the home, realtors placing a buyer, or capital aligned with the next chapter — a short note is enough. We respond personally, not promptly.

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