Built as vacation cottages for related families, the Trubek and Wislocki houses share a moor overlooking the sea. The larger house, Trubek, is more complicated than its partner, yet the two weathered-gray houses are definitely a pair. In their simplistic, neo-vernacular style, they resemble both local fishermen's cottages and New England shingle-style vacation homes, and fit perfectly into their environment.
The ground floor plans of both houses consist of a single large room with the kitchen in the corner and a broad porch facing the sea. The bedroom floors are less similar. Wislocki house has a simple set of rooms upstairs, while Trubeck house has a divided Palladian corridor which allows light into the staircase and the upstairs bathroom.
Robert Venturi received the 1973 Award of Merit, House and Home, from the American Institute of Architects.