04 — Residential Architecture

Amagansett House

Location: The Hamptons, New York
Scope: Residential Architecture
Year: 2024
Area: 7,400 sq ft

A new shingle-style house on the Amagansett dunes, drawn in the local vernacular and opened inside to long views of grass, sky and sea.

Shingle-style house with a deep wraparound porch and gabled roofline on an open lawn

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Local vernacular

Cedar shingles, a deep porch and steep gables tie the house to a century of East End building. The proportions are traditional; the plan behind them is not. Rooms open fully to the porch, and the second floor is pulled back under the roof to keep the house low on the landscape.

Kitchen with a white stone island, oak joinery and three black pendants — The kitchen, in white oak and honed limestone.

Bathroom with a freestanding tub, stone vanity and a tall slot window — Primary bath with a slot window to the dunes.

Light white-oak plank with soft cathedral grain

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Salt and oak

Interior surfaces were chosen to weather gracefully in salt air: bleached white oak, unlacquered brass and limewashed walls that can be refreshed each spring with a single coat.

A summer house for all seasons

Radiant floors and a central chimney mass make the house as comfortable in February as in August. The family now spends more of the year here than in the city.

Credits

Architecture: Marlow & Finch
Interiors: Marlow & Finch
Builder: Montauk Highway Builders
Landscape: Dune & Field Studio
Photography: Placeholder imagery via Unsplash