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Colonial Revival

After seeing an image of our very first project on Hook Pond in East Hampton, our clients came to us for a new house in the heart of the village of Southampton, New York. They wanted the house to fit in gracefully with the surrounding historic architecture, and it seemed to us that an authentic interpretation of the local Colonial Revival style was the appropriate choice for this project.

Project Info

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Completion Date
2013
S|B Architecture
Gregory Koester
Elisa Cuaron
S|B Landscape
Tim Orlando
S|B Interiors
Josh Greene

Collaborators

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Landscape Contractor
Landscape Details, Inc.
General Contractor
Wright & Company Construction, Inc.

Press & Awards

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Press — 2016
A Picturesque Retreat in Southampton
Architectural Digest
Award — 2015
Stanford White Award in Residential Architecture
Institute of Classical Architecture & Art
Award — 2016
ASLA-NY Honor Award in Residential Design
American Society of Landscape Architects
Award — 2017
Stanford White Award in Landscape Design
Institute of Classical Architecture & Art

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The exterior features classical detailing, including the central pediment and columned portico, with pilasters framing the front and poolside porches. It is clad in white-painted cedar shingles and crowned with a decorative Jeffersonian balustrade.

In contrast to the formality of the exterior, we took a modern approach to the interior architecture. Lime-painted plaster walls void of baseboards or crown moldings, light-stained white oak floors, and framed openings.

The living room features a blackened-steel fireplace and chimney breast with a photograph by Jack Pierson.

For the gardens, the clients were clear about their desire for a rational, geometric layout. The design incorporates a motor court of crushed oyster shells and a grid of London plane trees interspersed with clipped American boxwood. The rear landscape comprises manicured boxwood parterres, large perennial borders, and a dining allée of pleached linden trees.

The teak dining table for thirty-six guests sits on a bed of crushed oyster shells and is flanked by rows of littleleaf linden trees.
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