Organized into a series of five discrete pavilions, this resilient, site-sensitive Sag Harbor retreat is situated on a narrow peninsula surrounded by water on all sides.
Bates Masi + Architects’ Long Island house astutely combines the modern and the traditional,
incorporating unexpected materials, from weathering steel to terra-cotta to thatch.
For the expansion of a 1970s-era kit house on the East End of Long Island in Southampton, New York, architect Paul Masi looked to the structure's muscular prefabricated components for design cues—a choice that ultimately informed the look and feel of the addition’s bold new kitchen, completed last year.
A unique site, wedged between the Atlantic Ocean and a freshwater pond on New York's Long Island, gave the Sagaponack House an opportunity to make the most of the scenic views.