Land+Living: First of the "Houses at Sagaponac" Completed

First of the "Houses at Sagaponac" Completed

Architecture, News — June 24, 2004 Posted by James

Modern housing "community without comformity" in Southampton, New York

The first group of houses is under construction and "Sagaponac House-43" by Hariri & Hariri has just been completed.

The Houses at Sagaponac is a residential development in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York. It is a sort of who's who gallery of starchitects all building in the same neighborhood. The idea is to create something in contrast to the recent proliferation of shingle style "McMansions" inspired by another starchitect with a more historicist bent, Robert A. M. Stern.

The houses themselves are all designed to create modest, functional, single-family living spaces from 2,000 to 4,500 square feet that are environmentally conscious without compromising artistic vision.

Apparently $1.4 - 2.9 million for a house is modest in the Hamptons... anyway, there are some cool designs to be built and we applaud the landscape plan for the development which emphasizes indigenous vegetation and eschews planting of vast ornamental lawns.

Via: Architectural Record
Link: Houses at Sagaponac
Firm: Hariri and Hariri Architecture

Hariri & Hariri - Houses at Sagaponac

Hariri & Hariri- Houses at Sagaponac

9 comments

Comments (9)

mg — November 8, 2004
client

send floor plans /photos to email -- brwnsuga200@yahoo.com love the design

gary the retard — May 17, 2005
fuck-me !

i just came to dance, but i feel this is bad architecture

seth — May 27, 2005
dream house

this house featured in the recent issue of dwell magazine is my dream house! I would build it if I could in a heartbeat. It truly is everything a modern and contemporary should be, with a pool too boot!

MICHAEL MC — September 28, 2005
CRAP

THIS HOUSE JUST DOES NOT SING! DONT TRY AND BE LIKE MIES VAN DER ROHE IF YOU CANNOT PULL IT OFF! THE DESIGN JUST DOES NOT LOOK RIGHT! IM NO GENIUS BUT ITS SHITE!

some guy — November 9, 2005
please suspend your disbelief

these photos are awful. the house is much better in person. just as you shouldn't believe everything you read, you also shouldn't believe that some highly-compressed, poorly-composed photos on a website are an actual representation of the experience of great architecture.

david — January 7, 2006
"some guy" is right

"some guy" is right - the house is not well represented in these photos. for example, you can't even tell that it's two stories or has an L-shaped plan. what looks like concrete on the top photo is actually weathered clear cedar siding, which is very high-quality.

Reza — November 28, 2006
if u dont know plz dont say it !

just 4 crap and his stupid combination between mies and this house!!! you better read about him dont just look at his project pictures!

graig sterling — February 13, 2007
CONGRATULATION!!!!!

I want congratulate the Harriri sisters for a job well done but i want to especially congratulate those whom have the faculty to appreciate GREAT ART!!!!!As for that imbecile whom tried to connect this superlative architectural design with that of the equally great designs of VAN DER ROHE to echo Reeza when you don't know what you speak off just shut the hell up!!The Harriri sisters are years ahead of their time the prefab design craze that as caught the architectural world lately was a design that the sisters came up with back in 1997 as part of the DIGITAL HOUSE concept(my dream home!).You can see photos of their masterpiece at the:harririandharriri.com website and to see a quick time clip of digital house: 1)google"house beautiful:house for the new millennium" 2) look for:HOUSE BEAUTIFUL:HOUSES FOR THE NEW THE MILLENNIUM [magazines.ivillage.com/housebeautiful/decorate/arch/spc/0,,284680_408633,00.html - 69k]-LINK 3)once on the website just scroll to DIGITAL HOUSE and voila! Digital House(my dream home) is a timeless masterpiece and the 21st century answer to Le Corbusier villa Savoy . indulge Graig Sterling Toronto.Canada

ali — June 10, 2008
grateful

I wana to grateful of hariri sisters that keep on Persian Arts..