Hamptons Modern

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Long known as an enclave for the wealthy and glamorous, today the Hamptons and nearby coastal communities have become a haven of seaside modernism. New Hamptons Houses showcases houses that reflect the area' s design history and strong affinity for its landscape. There are few places in the United States that have experienced as many waves of American modernism as Long Island' s East End. In New Hamptons Houses, author David Sokol explores the latest architectural experiments taking place in New York' s legendary summer retreat. With contemporary design increasingly mainstream in the region, the seventeen residences featured here reflect modernism' s spread across not just the Hamptons but up-and-coming destinations like Bellport and Montauk, Greenport and Mattituck. Yet perhaps more important, the houses featured here represent a shift away from the image of conspicuously sprawling properties for the elite; these projects return to modernism' s founding principles, shun Instagrammable spectacle, and steward the East End' s increasingly fragile landscape. These houses interface with the seaside landscape in ways that that reference the Hamptons' rich design history and sensitively highlight Long Island' s famed natural beauty. Some are renovations and additions to houses by famed twentieth century modernists like Andrew Geller, Charles Gwathmey, and Norman Jaffe, and leading offices such as Bates + Masi, Young Projects, and Ryall Sheridan Architects represent the contemporary approach to twenty-first century regionalism. New Hamptons Houses presents these and numerous other examples of design-forward residences that are responsive to terrain, building vernacular, and cultural legacy.