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Is It Real, Or Is It DeLillo?

SMALLER FOOTPRINTS GAIN
POPULARITY IN THE HAMPTONS

… Hamptons architect and historian Anne Surchin is starting to see more pared-down builds.

“There’s a trend now for design for smaller houses,” the principal of Anne Surchin Architect said during a discussion Saturday in Montauk. “People are starting to think twice about being wasteful …”

… Southampton has long-standing size limitations for houses, she said, with 20,000 square feet being the cap. These restrictions were part of a 1925 code that was updated in 2003, according to the East Hampton Star. Towns looked seriously at these codes after Ira Rennert’s controversial 62,000-square-foot mansion was built in the 1990s in Sagaponack, rankling neighbors with its size.

… “The new modernism is really all about formalism,” she said. “It’s about making an aesthetic statement.”

That includes “sumptuous details,” like “exotic woods, polished concretes, all kinds of honed marbles,” she said. “There isn’t a place in those houses where you’d find a piece of Formica.”

Even those who don’t have the budget for luxe materials in every room are creating areas “that are absolutely lavish,” she said. For example, “what they do with their kitchens is really important.”

… Some design is being driven by “people interested in being off the grid and treading lightly on the land and not spending an arm and a leg to heat an 18,000-square-foot house.”

Margaret Soltan, August 22, 2017 5:50AM
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2 Responses to “Is It Real, Or Is It DeLillo?”

  1. dmf Says:

    wouldn’t want to be wasteful with those exotic woods…

  2. Bill R Says:

    The End Times are upon us.

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