27 Drew Lane

The three structures on the property represent three different building types—a wood framed main house, a glass and steel yoga pavilion, and a concrete caretaker’s cottage tucked into a landscaped berm. Cedar detailing ties these elements together with varied forms and patterns. On the main house, cedar shingles give way to board-and-batten siding, which is carried over to the yoga pavilion’s shade panels and vertical fins. In contrast to this traditional material vocabulary, the ocean-front façade includes colorful panels of stained wood, intended to weather into a natural work of art. On this exposure, custom-fabricated folding shutters provide shade canopies in summer, and also fold down to protect the house from Atlantic hurricanes. The cedar-clad shutters are operated with sail rigging and hardware, a practical reference to the art of harnessing the wind.

The yoga pavilion is a pure sculptural element inspired by floating beach lanterns and the dune fences that meander through the bluffs of the East End. A modern counterpoint to the traditional main house, the pavilion is a precise, glass box whose transparency facilitates a total surrender to the natural elements. An outer layer of cedar panels and irregularly-spaced fins adds a measured degree of shade and privacy. Details including glass corners and a “floating” floor plane reinforce the desired sense of weightlessness and reconnection. The surrounding landscape design was created in a collaboration between landscape artist Paula Hayes and landscape designer Ed Hollander, and the home’s interiors were by the client’s interior designer, Orlando Diaz.