Selldorf Architects

Sagaponack House

Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig

SAGAPONACK HOUSE

Selldorf Architects

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nikolas Koenig

LOCATION
New York, United States

CATEGORY
Houses

Text description provided by architect.

This 15,000 sqf house is a short walk from the Atlantic Ocean, in an open field typical of eastern Long Island. An oversized garden wall anchors the building to the landscape.

Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig
Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig

The rooms are organized around a large square courtyard. Bordering the courtyard, a marble-lined breezeway separates the public and private spaces.

The breezeway is long and narrow, allowing it — like the house itself — to be perceived as either grand or modest, depending on the viewer’s perspective.

Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig
Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig

The second-floor spaces cantilever toward the ocean, affording elevated views from bedrooms and terraces.

Setbacks transform what might have been oversized terraces into a series of modestly proportioned viewing platforms.

Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig


Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig
Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig
Sagaponack House
© Nikolas Koenig


Sagaponack House
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Selldorf Architects
T +1 212 2199571 F +1 212 9416362
Selldorf Architects
860 Broadway At Union Square, New York, Ny 10003, United States