Amagansett Home
Amagansett Home is a minimalist residence located in Amagansett, New York, designed by General Assembly. This 1,400-square-foot 1960s cedar-shingled beach bungalow renovation for Manhattan-based creative couple Stuart Matz and Jeannie Kim demonstrates how historic Hamptons vernacular can inform contemporary residential transformations through material sensitivity and spatial innovation. Sarah Zames and Colin Stief’s intervention creates year-round retreat referencing the area’s humble historic shingled homes and Norman Jaffe’s 1960s-70s work reimagining classic cedar-shingled architecture rooted in landscape.
The double-height skylit jewelry studio carved from formerly narrow space reflects Jaffe’s approach to volume manipulation, demonstrating how vertical expansion within existing footprints can create specialized work environments supporting clients’ professional practices. This spatial strategy addresses the jewelry designer’s need for natural illumination and generous ceiling heights essential for detailed craft work while maintaining the bungalow’s modest horizontal dimensions.
The location within Napeague State Park near water informed design references to California’s Sea Ranch rugged modernism, adapted through softened finishes including wood millwork, patterned wallpapers, and tiles echoing surrounding shrubs and trees’ color palette. This regional material interpretation demonstrates how West Coast precedents can translate to East Coast contexts when filtered through local environmental conditions and vegetation palettes.
The creative spatial approach carved additional bathroom and expanded kitchen within existing footprint, showcasing General Assembly’s ability to maximize programmatic accommodation without exterior additions. The pine green tile flooring in kitchen and dining areas introduces striking color departure from typical neutral beach house palettes while custom stainless steel soaking tub in primary bath and graphic wood railing cutouts casting daily shadow patterns provide unexpected design details contributing tactile quality.
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