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Casa UNO.

StatusBuilt · 2026
AddressHunyadi Avenue · Fairfield, CT
ArchitectureModern Colonial · 1 of 1
DispositionInquire privately
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— The location

University Area.

Fairfield, Connecticut — the town green, the train, and the University Area, all within a walk.

The house, told slowly.

DetailEl detalle

Bathrooms
Six · 1 of 1
Architecture
Modern Colonial
Materiality
Marble · Light · Stone
Built
2026
Address
Hunyadi · Fairfield, CT
Setting
Coastal Connecticut
Sq Ft
On request
Lot Size
On request
Position
i. of the trilogy
Disposition
Live
Creationverb
the act of making life — out of nothing.
crear — hacer vida de la nada.

The Plans.El plano

Mock-up · plans forthcoming KITCHEN MUD & PANTRY GREAT ROOM DINING FOYER STAIR N 0 20 FT CASA UNO · LEVEL 01 HUNYADI AVENUE · 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.

Timenoun
the cost, paid in years, to present you a home like this.
tiempo — el costo, pagado en años, de presentarte un hogar así.

"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 UNO 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 UNO covered porch under timber gable in warm daylight
The porch, dayEl porche, de día
Entry hall with hardwood floor and rising staircase at Casa UNO
ArrivalLa llegada
Figure walking through Casa UNO 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 UNO
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 UNO 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 UNO
Glass, suspendedCristal, en suspenso
Frosted glass shower partition with rainfall texture at Casa UNO bath
Water, behind glassEl agua, tras el cristal
Backlit mirror with LED border and black sconce in Casa UNO bathroom
A mirror, lit from behindUn espejo, con luz detrás

Lived, not posed.

Casa UNO 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 UNO at blue hour, upper porch warmly lit beneath a deep blue dusk sky
Blue hour, upper porchLa hora azul
Night exterior of Casa UNO, upper porch with two silhouettes against warm light
Two on the porchDos en el porche
Distant wide view of Casa UNO 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.

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 UNO 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."

— Built by

"Twelve years of foundation made this house possible. Cortes built her, beam by beam, the way the family has built every Cortes home since 2014."

Cortes Building Group →
— After dark

The house, lit.

Every fixture was placed the way a director places a key light — the gable washed, the stone uplit from below, the porch waking on its own near dusk. You don't notice the engineering. You only feel the house become a quiet spectacle the moment the sun leaves.

It is a different home at night. The only way to know it is to stand in it.

Schedule a night tour →

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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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