A spacious home in the Hamptons, New York, by Leroy Street Studio features wooden screens that soften the building's appearance and provide a "gauzy translucence" at night.

Situated in Wainscott, a seaside village on Long Island's South Shore, the Louver House was designed in response to its position on the the edge of an agricultural reserve. Its timber framing, rectangular shape and single, pitched roof refer to the traditional barn structures once common in the area. The home's facades and apertures also respond to the context.

"Louvered walls and variously scaled openings dialogue with the flat, expansive view of the corn and potato fields beyond", said Leroy Street Studio, an architectural practice based in Manhattan. "The exterior teak is scaled to create a modern texture, with rich weathering qualities and natural impermeability from the elements."
The wooden screens that wrap the exterior are intended to help soften the home's blocky massing. "When lit at night, the house has a gauzy translucence that is uncharacteristic of solid, volumetric structures," the team said.

Upon entering the home, occupants step into a double-height foyer with a floating, wooden staircase, which leads to public spaces on the second level. "Thick, oak slabs form the materiality of the stairs, while repeating rails echo the exterior posts in the landscape," the studio said.

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