Article source: David Gauld Architect PLLC

Perched on a hill at the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, this beach house’s cubic composition is shifted, resulting in spatial variety. Centrally located on the second floor, there is a cantilever that floats above the lap pool. The pool mimics the shape of the house with the cantilever echoed in the pool steps. This creates a relationship between the pool and house as solid and void. The cantilever/steps mark the central axis of the house.

Exterior view

• Architects: David Gauld Architect PLLC
• Project: Sugar Hill House
• Location: Fire Island, New York

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Article source: Joseph Tanney, Robert Luntz

Located on Fire Island, a barrier island off of Long Island, NY, this bayfront house is the summer retreat for a family who lives and works in Manhattan.

The house is designed as two distinct volumes, to provide the parents and their adult children with separate quarters for living and entertaining. The volumes are clad in cedar and connected by a glass bridge, sheltering a courtyard and pool, which receive western exposure for maximum daylight.

Exterior View (Images Courtesy RES4)

• Architect: RESOLUTION: 4 ARCHITECTURE – Joseph Tanney, Robert Luntz
• Name of Project: House on Fire Island
• Location: Fire Island, New York
• Project Architect: Paul Coughlin
• Photographer: © RES4

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