Sands Point Residence, Long Island Real Estate, New York Architecture Photos
Sands Point Residence on Long Island
Feb 27, 2021
Sands Point Residence
Design: Mojo Stumer
Location: Long Island City, Queens, New York City, USA

The renovation of this 90’s modern Sands Point Residence, NY, focused primarily on maximizing the transformation’s visual impact. The underlying structure and geometry of the home were to remain. Still, the homeowner’s central goal was to create what would appear to be an entirely new modern residence, with its own unique styling and a clear separation from the original architecture.

Through careful manipulation of the building’s form and creative application of a new material palette, the result is a dynamic, well-balanced and properly scaled residential design that simultaneously welcomes an edgy, forward-facing and intimate project. The new design introduced large uninterrupted windows, which span from floor to ceiling on both the first and second levels.
?This was an exciting project, and unique in how we were able to have such a significant impact on the look and feel of the home without introducing any major structural intervention.? Through creative design, careful material selection, and some out-of the box thinking, we were able to completely transform the home into something entirely new, while maintaining so much of the existing structure of the original home.?? ? Joe Yacobellis, Senior Associate and Director of De...