A curvy cover with a rooftop reflecting pool is among the many standout options at a Lengthy Island home designed by US studios Steven Harris Architects and Rees Roberts & Companions to embrace its sand-dune setting.
Situated on a hilly web site within the Hamptons, the undertaking was created for an city, art-loving couple who wished a household vacation dwelling that embraced the coastal terrain and was appropriate for entertaining.
“The shoppers, New York executives, desired structure within the midcentury trendy custom that showcased the dune-filled panorama and created area to get pleasure from time with family and friends,” the group mentioned.
The undertaking was designed by two Manhattan studios which have labored collectively prior to now: architectural studio Steven Harris Architects and the panorama and interiors agency Rees Roberts & Companions.
To assist form the undertaking, the studios took cues from the location’s rolling topography and views of the Atlantic Ocean.
The group additionally turned to the work of Roberto Burle Marx, the late Brazilian panorama architect who usually included natural varieties into his designs.
The result’s a home U-shaped in plan, with each straight and sinuous traces included into the shape.
“The type of the home itself was conceived of as a sequence of cantilevered, rectilinear volumes pivoting about stable brick plenty,” the group mentioned.
“The orthogonal geometries have been then offset towards a sequence of extra biomorphic varieties in any respect scales.”
For the outside materials palette, the group opted for low-maintenance and sturdy choices that might endure the cruel marine setting, the place rust and decay are widespread issues.
“To that finish, pale stucco and Petersen Tegl brick have been chosen resulting from their resilience to warmth, wind, salt and sand,” the group mentioned. “Equally, all home windows have been specified to be marine stainless.”
The entrance door is discovered on the north, set deep inside an entry courtyard. One steps into an ethereal lobby punctuated with a sculptural staircase that’s meant to be paying homage to a shell.
The 12,000-square-foot (1,115-square-metre) dwelling options an uncommon flooring plan, in that the kitchen, eating space and lounge are positioned on the higher degree.
“This contradicts conference, which usually holds that such public areas be positioned on the entry degree,” the groups mentioned, noting that the elevated place allows views of the water.
“The general public areas get pleasure from a panoramic vista of the ocean over the close by dune, which might in any other case have blocked the view.”
The higher flooring additionally encompasses the first bed room, a sleeping and sitting space for youngsters, two places of work and a media room.
On the bottom degree, one finds a number of visitor bedrooms, back-of-house areas and an indoor basketball courtroom.
There is also a fitness center that opens by a pneumatic door onto a backyard with a non-public bathe, enabling customers to rinse off within the open air.
The house encompasses a vary of inside finishes, corresponding to plaster, stone, walnut and teak.
Furnishings embody items by Isamu Noguchi, Kelly Wearstler and Louise Liljencrantz, together with many customized items by Rees Roberts & Companions.
The in depth paintings features a mural within the entryway by summary artist Mig Perkins.
All through the house, giant stretches of glass present a connection to the coastal panorama, and roof overhangs create shade with out obstructing views.
A spread of out of doors areas embody an infinity-edge swimming pool and pavilion coated by a sculptural cover impressed by the work of each Roberto Burle Marx and Oscar Niemeyer.
Atop the cover, the group added a reflecting pool.
“The pool deck appears to be like out at a sculptural pavilion with a curved underbelly and reflecting pool on high, reflecting the sky and accentuating the immediacy of the ocean from the house’s lounge,” the group mentioned.
The undertaking additionally concerned panorama enhancements, such because the addition of tall grasses, to assist “mix the home with the dunescape”.
Different tasks within the upscale hamlet of Bridgehampton embody a house by Younger Initiatives that could be a cluster of wood-clad, gabled volumes and a residence by Roger Ferris + Companions that include three distinct volumes wrapped in glass and garapa wooden.
The images is by Eric Petschek and Scott Frances.
