House on Sag Harbor
An exterior precedent for framing coastal views through an axial approach and a striking contrast of weathered and charred timber cladding.
- What we like about this project
- The central transparent breach allows a complete visual passage straight through the house to the landscape beyond.
Materials
- bleached-timber
- charred-timber
- concrete
- glass
- gravel
Visual identifiers
- gable-roof
- vertical-timber-siding
- axial-walkway
- black-wood-accent
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist
- coastal
- warm-modern
Visual tags
- residential
- coastal
- minimalist
- symmetrical
- timber-clad
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-story gabled volume fronted by an axial concrete walkway slicing through a gravel court.
- Facade system
- Vertical slat timber rainscreen with contrasting dark charred wood sections.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on concrete foundation slab.
- Spatial scale
- Low-slung single-story residential scale dominated by the long gable roofline.
- Lighting
- Even overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting vertical grain.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, restrained, and deeply integrated into its natural coastal surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Coastal site surrounded by gravel beds, mature deciduous trees, and distant water views.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching along the central paved strip frames a transparent interior void looking right through to the water beyond.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry anchored by the central glazed portal and concrete path.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist coastal architecture
- Program
- Residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- bleached-timber, charred-timber, concrete, glass, gravel
- Visual identifiers
- gable-roof, vertical-timber-siding, axial-walkway, black-wood-accent
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist, coastal, warm-modern
- Visual tags
- residential, coastal, minimalist, symmetrical, timber-clad
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-story gabled volume fronted by an axial concrete walkway slicing through a gravel court.
- Facade system
- Vertical slat timber rainscreen with contrasting dark charred wood sections.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on concrete foundation slab.
- Spatial scale
- Low-slung single-story residential scale dominated by the long gable roofline.
- Lighting
- Even overcast daylight casting soft shadows and highlighting vertical grain.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, restrained, and deeply integrated into its natural coastal surroundings.
- Environmental context
- Coastal site surrounded by gravel beds, mature deciduous trees, and distant water views.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching along the central paved strip frames a transparent interior void looking right through to the water beyond.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict bilateral symmetry anchored by the central glazed portal and concrete path.
- Style reading
- Contemporary minimalist coastal architecture
- Program
- Residential home
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture