Modern in Maryland

Christine and Uli Werner’s Potomac home is a sharp departure from the area’s traditional architecture.

Photography Antoine Schneck
By Corinne Bensahel

The master bedroom suite is encircled in a lush canopy of weeping willows, which shade the windows in lieu of curtains.

Sophie Prevost and Robert Cole are partners — in life and in work, for better or for worse. At the head office of ColePrevost, the husband and wife architect and interior design team take on projects which are resolutely contemporary; for example as shown on the following pages — the modern Potomac, Md., home of Christine and Uli Werner.