Hither Hills House, Montauk, New York Residence, Modern American Architecture, Photos
Hither Hills House in Montauk, NY
Contemporary Real Estate NY, USA ? design by Bates Masi + Architects
Dec 18, 2018
Hither Hills House
Design: Bates Masi + Architects

Location: Montauk, NY, USA
Hunter?s Point South Phase II
This seaside home provides its owners with a weekend respite from the city by optimizing its ties to the land and nature. Located in a postwar planned beach community with small lots plotted irrespective of the steep topography, the property lacked a level ground plane suited to the usual flush relationship between a house and its yard.

By nesting the house?s volumes into the hillside and stepping them into six distinct levels, the spaces contained within seamlessly connect to the landscape.
The bulk of the project?s resources are devoted to earthwork and site infrastructure to support this terraced configuration. A series of locallysourced bluestone retaining walls stitch through the site, stepping back with the natural grade and running parallel with the shoreline. These structural walls negotiate the soft, clayey soils and frame the interior and exterior living spaces.

Traditional public and private floor assignments are inverted, lifting primary living spaces above the neighboring rooflines, and opening the retracting glass wall onto the ocean?s views, breezes, and sunlight. Farthest into the site at the top of the hill lies the swimming pool, set on the so...