Seaside House / Gray Organschi Architecture

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Shelter Island, United States

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Our clients, a pair of creative and talented designers, asked us to provide a small private enclave overlooking the site’s dunes, facing the sea. 

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The house creates a series of courtyards that shape the exterior space; a long dark cedar wall edges the driving court and separates cars from the entry court at the front door; a bamboo hedge screens the pool, contained on its long sides by house and pavilion, from the road; a covered porch creates an intimate, sheltered outdoor space from which to contemplate the ocean. 

Seaside House / Gray Organschi Architecture - Windows, Facade
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The courtyards and interior spaces step gently down with the grade, modulating the experience of arriving, entering and encountering the vista beyond; the small changes in level also separate private and public space within a compact plan. 

Seaside House / Gray Organschi Architecture - Chair, Beam, Patio, Courtyard
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The owners’ artistic interior design enhances the material and spatial richness of the architecture, while maintaining a clear sense of rustic modernism.

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Cite: "Seaside House / Gray Organschi Architecture" 10 Apr 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/493607/seaside-house-gray-organschi-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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