220 Kinsale Lane, Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328

Giuseppe Zambonini, a young Italian architect, moved to New York City in the 1970s. He became well-known for his unique design of downtown lofts. At the time, most loft dwellers lived in the vast undifferentiated space of these old factory buildings. Beppe designed rooms with ''theatre set'' walls, demarcating rooms without blocking the natural light from the loft windows. The New York Times featured his loft designs in four front page sections of their Home edition in the 1970s and early 1980s. Beppe became part of the burgeoning downtown art scene. He founded a design school, The Open Atelier of Design, and allowed his best students to work on his projects.Wanting a weekend retreat, Beppe (the name he preferred to Giuseppe) bought land on a ridge above the lake in a new development that later became Traces of Lattimore. In the summer of 1985, Beppe began building the house with a group of his students. By the following spring he and his wife Claudia were able to stay. They had a...