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Bates Masi + Architects LLC, a full-service architectural firm with roots in New York City and the East End of Long Island for over 45 years, responds to each project with extensive research in related architectural fields, material, craft and environment for unique solutions as varied as the individuals or groups for whom they are designed. The focus is neither the size nor the type of project but the opportunity to enrich lives and enhance the environment. The attention to all elements of design has been a constant in the firm’s philosophy. Projects include urban and suburban residences, schools, offices, hotels, restaurants, retail and furniture in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean. The firm has received 43 design awards since 2003 and has been featured in national and international publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Metropolitan Home, and Dwell. Residential Architect Magazine selected Bates Masi one of their 50 Architect’s We Love. A gallery exhibition in May 2010 featured the firm’s earlier work from 1960-70.

 

Paul Masi spent childhood summers in Montauk and currently resides in Amagansett. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Catholic University and a Masters of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He worked at Richard Meier & Partners before joining this firm in 1998.

Harry Bates, a resident of East Hampton, received a Bachelor of Architecture from North Carolina State University. After ten years with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he was in private practice in New York City for 17 years before moving the firm to Southampton on the East End in 1980. Our offices are currently located in Sag Harbor with plans to relocate to a new LEED Certified office building of our own design in East Hampton.

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Culloden Point

Lot size: 1.1 acres

Building size: 3,500 sq. ft.

Location: Montauk, NY

Program: Single Family Residence

Overlooking Fort Pond Bay and Block Island Sound, this house for a family of three is designed to offer uninterrupted transitions between indoors and out while maintaining privacy for its occupants. This design agenda is tailored to the owners’ lifestyle. As permanent residents of Manhattan, they cherish the opportunity to immerse themselves in nature. At the same time each enjoys their time away from the city to retreat for personal reflection and relaxation.

Inspired by the work of Richard Neutra, the structure’s attenuated form, expansive glazing, and versatile material palette work in synthesis. The house’s spaces are divided into three separate rectangular volumes separated from one another to maximize their external surface area so that every room has three exterior walls that may be opened to the outside. This separation also creates three distinct living spaces, each with its own degree of seclusion. The house’s materials complement its formal organization. For instance, a local New York sandstone transitions easily from the pool patio to the kitchen floor, and from a foundation wall veneer to the fireplace surfacing. Large expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass make these transitions palpable as they allow one’s eye to trace various slippages between inside and out.

The social areas of the home – living room, dining room, and kitchen – are grouped together in one volume. It is

located toward the front of the property, with views of the dunes from the living room through its entirely glazed western wall. At the eastern end, the kitchen is flooded with morning light and opens directly onto the poolside terrace. Bedroom spaces are secluded in a second volume located toward the rear of the property. Its southern wall opens seamlessly onto the poolside terrace through three oversized sliding glass doors. The second story volume is positioned perpendicularly to those beneath it. In this orientation it takes advantage of the first floor’s roof space for expansive decks offering year-round panoramas of the bay. A master suite occupies one end of the second floor. Its spa-like bathroom adjoins a sundeck sheltered by a wooden privacy screen. At the other end of the second floor, the “room-with-a-view” cantilevers fifteen feet beyond the first floor volume to frame the land rolling downward toward the water. Along with its attendant deck extending over the living and dining rooms below, this space is perfectly suited for casual entertaining and parties.

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