Shelter Island Retreat
Architect Cary Tamarkin designed his family's summer house for snoozing. “It lends itself to massive relaxing,” he says of the 2,800-square-foot cottage on Shelter Island overlooking Long Island Sound. “There's lots of napping, and big dinners on the teak tables out on the porch.”
Guest quarters with two bedrooms anchor the home at ground level. Above, a breezeway separates kitchen, dining and living areas from master suite and children’s bedrooms. “Every bedroom gets to sleep to the sound of the waves,” he said. Tamarkin, principal of New York architecture firm Tamarkin Co., used 100-year-old cypress salvaged from the swamps and rivers of Georgia and Florida for its skin and structure. A former shipbuilder crafted its 36-foot-long beams.
The design challenge, Cary said, was to respond to the forces of the site – its sounds, breezes, views and lighting. “It's all about outdoor living,” he explained. “It's small inside but it was meant to be that way.”
To see more images of the project, please visit the slideshow.
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Fabulous pictures and interesting storyline. What a charming little retreat house.
wow, I love the cypress beams. My favorite house featured on Dwell so far
Unlike many "modern" homes, this is a masterpiece of restraint, minimalism, warmth and poetry. The predominant use of light-toned, recycled cypress avoids the effect of a casket that so many "woody" houses achieve. Natural light, which floods the interior by virtue of large expanses of glass throughout, creates an astoundingly wonderful complement to the wood surfaces. This is a haven of peacefulness.
while this is lovely. It seems a shame to place it on Shelter Island, the home of such wonderful old homes. Catallina Island would be more appropriate
2,800 square foot "cottage"?
which floods the interior by virtue of large expanses of glass throughout,
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