Charred-wood beach house sits among Amagansett's dunes on Long Island

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https://www.dezeen.com/2023/08/06/amagansett-beach-house-starling-architecture-emily-lindberg-design/









US studios Starling Architecture and Emily Lindberg Design have collaborated on a minimalist home clad in blackened wood in the Hamptons village of Amagansett that starkly contrasts the surrounding dunes. The Amagansett Beach House was completed for a friend of Starling Architecture founder Ian Starling who grew up in California, but moved to the East Coast for school and then stayed for work.







Missing the beach, the client began a search for a property in Amagansett Dunes with Starling's help, and found a bungalow that was "frozen in the 1960s". "It was amazingly well located - in a wooded area, minutes away from both the beach and town center on an unpaved sand road," said Starling, although he noted that the layout was less than ideal. "The second floor was tucked underneath the gable and the ceiling was so low, you had to duck to walk around."



In its place, Starling designed a crisp minimalist house clad in timber treated with Shou Sugi Ban, the Japanese blackening technique. Intended as a "communal home" for gathering with friends, the building is organised around a central swimming pool built into a raised wooden deck.







All of the communal ground-level spaces face onto the pool-courtyard area through floor-to-ceiling windows and are connected to one another in a U-shaped layout. To the west is a double-height living room with glass panels reaching to the roof, while the dining room to the north features a fully retractable glazed wall.

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Beautiful.

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