Travertine House
Hamptons, New York · 1962
Photo · Photo by Adam Bartos
A premier precedent for a mid-century modern residential pavilion, demonstrating the use of travertine cladding and expansive glass walls to create a seamless connection with the landscape.
- What we like about this project
- The deep roof overhang acts as a clean, sculptural frame that completely hides the roof assembly.
Materials
- travertine
- glass
- aluminum
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- travertine-cladding
- glass-pavilion
- flat-roof-overhang
- sliding-glass-doors
- mid-century-modernism
Style tags
- mid-century-modern
- minimalist
- rationalist
Visual tags
- residential
- pavilion
- indoor-outdoor
- minimalist-envelope
- mid-century
- stone-facade
- Geometry
- A single-story rectilinear pavilion defined by a thick, flat roof slab supported by deep travertine-clad end walls, creating a framed, column-free portal.
- Facade system
- Travertine-clad structural walls with integrated sliding glass storefront framing.
- Structural guess
- Post-tensioned concrete roof slab spanning between load-bearing travertine-clad end walls.
- Spatial scale
- A low-slung, single-story residential pavilion scaled to human proportions and integrated into the landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows under the deep roof overhang and illuminating the interior art pieces.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and rational, balancing heavy, textured stone with light-filled, transparent living spaces.
- Environmental context
- Set within a lush, manicured lawn surrounded by mature, dense evergreen and deciduous trees.
- Spatial experience
- The interior living space flows seamlessly to the exterior lawn through a continuous, full-height glass wall, dissolving the boundary between inside and outside.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical framing with heavy vertical end piers balancing a wide, horizontal glass opening.
- Style reading
- Mid-century Modernist minimalism
- Program
- Single-family private residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- travertine, glass, aluminum, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- travertine-cladding, glass-pavilion, flat-roof-overhang, sliding-glass-doors, mid-century-modernism
- Style tags
- mid-century-modern, minimalist, rationalist
- Visual tags
- residential, pavilion, indoor-outdoor, minimalist-envelope, mid-century, stone-facade
- Geometry
- A single-story rectilinear pavilion defined by a thick, flat roof slab supported by deep travertine-clad end walls, creating a framed, column-free portal.
- Facade system
- Travertine-clad structural walls with integrated sliding glass storefront framing.
- Structural guess
- Post-tensioned concrete roof slab spanning between load-bearing travertine-clad end walls.
- Spatial scale
- A low-slung, single-story residential pavilion scaled to human proportions and integrated into the landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp shadows under the deep roof overhang and illuminating the interior art pieces.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and rational, balancing heavy, textured stone with light-filled, transparent living spaces.
- Environmental context
- Set within a lush, manicured lawn surrounded by mature, dense evergreen and deciduous trees.
- Spatial experience
- The interior living space flows seamlessly to the exterior lawn through a continuous, full-height glass wall, dissolving the boundary between inside and outside.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical framing with heavy vertical end piers balancing a wide, horizontal glass opening.
- Style reading
- Mid-century Modernist minimalism
- Program
- Single-family private residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture