The Hamptons
Large glazing, long sightlines and a house that is often empty between visits. The Hamptons brief is not the Manhattan brief.
What is different out here
Houses on the East End are typically newer than the Manhattan apartments we work in, and the construction is usually stud-and-cavity rather than plaster over masonry. That removes most of the wiring constraints that dominate a city project, and it moves the difficulty somewhere else: the glazing.
Window walls, corner glass and double-height openings mean shade widths and drops that a standard product will not cover, and a sun path that changes what a room feels like hour by hour. Shade fabric openness stops being a swatch decision and starts being an engineering one.
Houses that sit empty
A second home is unoccupied for most of the year, which changes the specification. Shades that close on a schedule protect furniture and art whether anyone is there or not. Lighting that runs on an astronomical timeclock makes an empty house look lived in. And a system that can be checked remotely matters more than one that is simply convenient when you are standing in the room.
Working alongside the build
Most East End work happens through an architect and a general contractor on a seasonal schedule, with a hard deadline before the summer. Shade pockets, keypad locations and circuit separation have to be settled while the ceiling is still open — which, on a compressed build program, means being in the drawing set rather than arriving at the end.
A project out here
Tell us about the project.
Whether it is one room or a whole house, the first conversation is the same: what the rooms are for, what stage the drawings are at, and what is already decided.
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