American studio Blaze Makoid Architecture has created a spacious, cedar-clad dwelling in the Hamptons that was envisioned as "a secret enclave in the trees".

The Old Sag Harbor Road home is located in Southampton, a village on New York's Long Island, and was designed for a couple. One client travels frequently and wanted a place to recharge. The other is an interior designer who recently earned an architecture degree and served as a key collaborator on the project.

"The clients are an energetic couple who were attracted to the pristine surroundings, and envisioned the project as a secret enclave in the trees for themselves and their friends," said local studio Blaze Makoid Architecture, or BMA, in a project description.
Encompassing 7,100 square feet (660 square metres), the multi-storey dwelling sits on a high point within a heavily wooded property. The home was positioned so that it runs parallel to the natural contours of the landscape.
Rectangular in plan, the residence is composed of long bars that stretch across the site. The upper mass slightly cantilevers over the lower portion of the home, resulting in a T-shaped form.

"The house is long and narrow, with the programme arranged linearly for an economically minimal footprint," the team said. "The horizontality of the design allows the second-floor mass to float above the landscape and cantilever at both ends."

Exteriors wall are wrapped in cedar and large stretches of glas...