Ann and Joe were thinking ahead. A public school teacher and an associate director at a biotech company, respectively, they were imagining what their lives could look like in retirement, even though that milestone was still a few years away. When the couple and their children visited Newfoundland in 2019, they were charmed by the natural beauty of the seaside cliffs where otters and whales routinely dot the surface, and hiking trails lead to icebergs. After purchasing a plot of land on the Bonavista Peninsula, Ann and Joe reached out to architect Evan Hoyles of hoylesarchitecture, just as he was getting his own firm underway. “The challenge was that they wanted this residence to be their retirement home in the future, but function as a rental in the meantime,” Hoyles remembers. Stylistically, things were less complicated. Ann insisted on minimalist interiors to keep the attention on the ocean and its rotating cast of visitors, while still making the home feel warm and inviting. “The ma...