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INSPIRED MODERN HOMES
"Executing the same concept
in different ways keeps
designs fresh. It's best
to eschew developing a
predictable house style."
—Robert Barnes
ABOVE & FACING PAGE : We built the Westhampton house to contain elements
tailored to the residents' lifestyle. Located on a tenuous, low-lying barrier island
of sand between the Atlantic Ocean and the bay, the house is oriented to the
cardinal points of the compass. The fissure between the master suite and the
rest of the house is aligned along the north-south axis. A trumpet-shaped deck
projects out toward the ocean along with the living room, both cantilevered
above a patio with a built-in barbecue and seating around an outdoor fireplace.
Next to the patio is a 50-foot rectangular pool terminated at the seaward end
by a Jacuzzi and a teak pad for drying and sunning. The principal materials, such
as center-matched cedar, cedar shingles, Pennsylvania limestone, and the glass
curtain wall, pass from exterior to interior to express the continuity of space.
Photographs by Paul Domzal