Wainscott House / Bates Masi Architects
At the end of the 19th Century a private beach community was established from over 100 acres of coastal farmland. It was here that a family with a passion for art decided to build a home for their family
At the end of the 19th Century a private beach community was established from over 100 acres of coastal farmland. It was here that a family with a passion for art decided to build a home for their family
Our clients, a couple with 3 children, had purchased a triangular, wooded, corner lot on high ground in Amagansett, NY and contacted us to explore means of building a house for their summer and year-round-weekend use.
A modest single story L-shaped cottage on a bay side site in Sag Harbor was converted into a single two-story building volume.
The house was built to passive house principles with exceptional insulation, triple-pane passive house windows, and geothermal heating and cooling.
The Copake Lake House engages this lakefront property through a series of framed volumetric compositions and material details that capture views to the water.
Quietly tucked away on a lush, tree-lined street in the Gardens of Forest Hills, this landmarked single family home underwent a gut renovation.
Harbor Hideaway House is an award-winning single-family residence in the centuries-old whaling village of Sag Harbor, NY. The property is situated in the center of a small peninsula and is one of the only lots in the neighborhood without direct water views.
A complete gut renovation to a four story townhouse in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. In renovating the house the clients requested a dynamic communal space that was open, fluid and bright.