On a dramatic bluff overlooking Long Island Sound, an energetic 3-storey residence welcomes family and friends to enjoy good views, good food and good company. This modern house is conceived as a family 'resort' for everyday and all season living. The house mixes an open flow of flexible spaces for cooking, working, dining, and gathering with private retreats for sleeping, reading, dressing and relaxing. The house’s social spaces are grand and the private spaces are intimate, all contained within a large, yet cozy structure that spills to the outdoors.

 

A wrapping metal roof and wall surrounds and protects a permeable skin of glass and wood that in turn invites arrival and frames the open landscape and water.  The house energetically reaches beyond its shell to connect indoor and outdoor experiences. Masonry, stone and cedar surfaces run freely between inside and outside.  A cantilevered upper balcony from the master bedroom propels through the shell towards the water.  The sculpted lower landscape connects to a poolside grotto.  An outdoor kitchen has a skylight porch roof. 

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A house becomes a home when it contains and connects. Per Frank Lloyd Wright, open flowing interior spaces are contained within a tapestry of wood and glass enclosures, but connected to each other and to the outdoors with open ended corners, continuous low slung ceilings and internal floors which became outdoor terraces. This house adopts these same dual qualities of containment and connection with weaving ribbons of space, forms and mostly humble materials that actively stitch family and friends to the natural setting and to each other. 

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Functionally this home contains 6 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms, a living/dining area, eat-in kitchen, 3 lounge areas, wine cellar, an exercise/game room, and a 2-car garage. In addition there is plenty of back-of-house space to support the staging of various gatherings and events. The centre living area morphs into a dining area for 24 or an event space for 50. The generously open and flexible spaces are densely composed to promote a feeling of welcoming comfort and energy whether for a few or many people.  A central steel frame stair is a walkable viewing platform by day and chandelier at night.

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Awards 

AIA Long Island - Residential Single Family Award (over $3 mil), 2020

WHAT

New Residence

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WHERE

Sands Point, NY

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WHEN

2019

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WITH

HMA² Architects  

Role: Design Team & Construction Administration