As the Fire Island Pines resort off New York's Long Island recovers from its annual summer party, architect and Pines Modern founder Christopher Rawlins has chosen 10 of his favourite Modernist retreats dotted among the dunes (+ slideshow).
Located approximately two hours' journey from Manhattan on a long, thin slither of land, Fire Island Pines has been a summer getaway ? predominantly for New York's gay community ? since the mid-20th century. It is reached via passenger ferry and has no cars, instead properties are connected by timber boardwalks.
The island is empty for most of the year, but visitors flock during the summer weekends ? turning the retreat into a party mecca.
"Since my first foray to Fire Island Pines, I have been peering over fences and knocking on doors," Rawlins told Dezeen. "It was immediately apparent to me that the Pines is a community that looks and lives like no other."
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Beginning in the 1950s, architects who lived and worked on the island ? Harry Bates, Marcel Bretos, Earl Combs, and the prolific Horace Gifford ? began making their mark by building wooden Modernist homes for wealthy clients.
"The Stonewall generation artfully and gently colonised this fragile landscape," said Rawlins, who is working on the restoration of some of these houses. "They realised that, like most beautiful things, the Pines is an easily ma...