Peconic House in Hampton Bays, NY, New York State Residence, Suffolk County Property Images
Peconic House in Hampton Bays
New York State Coastal Residence, United States of America ? design by Mapos
Oct 31, 2018
Peconic House
Architects: Mapos
Location: Hampton Bays, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Peconic House
The Hamptons enjoys a storied past. Unique daylight and compelling landscapes have drawn artists to this part of Long Island?s South Fork for the last century and a half, and their work here includes an important body of modernist fine art and architecture.

Yet more recently, the Hamptons? allure has outsized its capacity?sprouting insensitive residential development, snarled traffic, and a national reputation for showing off. When a longtime Mapos client asked us to consider creating a multi-generational family retreat overlooking the Peconic Bay, we initiated dialogue about preserving the Hamptons? historic character while accommodating the scale and refinement of 21st-century living.
Prior to assigning this commission to Mapos, the husband and wife had purchased five acres of bluff top, in which the Peconic Bay and old-growth forest sandwich a sliver of meadow. In that time, they had also become deeply enthralled by the property?s existing trees and fauna, particularly a 70 foot tall sycamore standing near the center of the meadow.

Emboldened by our vision of reasserting the Hamptons? creative and environmental legacies, the couple requested a co...