{"id":8600,"date":"2026-05-15T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=8600"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:26:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:26:02","slug":"khanna-schultz-infuses-house-in-amagansett-with-atmosphere-of-quiet-contemplation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/khanna-schultz-infuses-house-in-amagansett-with-atmosphere-of-quiet-contemplation\/","title":{"rendered":"Khanna Schultz infuses House in Amagansett with “atmosphere of quiet contemplation”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York studio Khanna Schultz has taken cues from Japanese architecture<\/a> to create a “net-positive-energy” house in the Hamptons<\/a>, New York, which features dark wood cladding and a large rooftop solar array<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The House in Amagansett was designed for a philanthropist who had spent several decades living in Japan and wanted a weekend home<\/a> that “reflected her life abroad while serving as a peaceful retreat for herself and her family”.<\/p>\n

The project takes its name from its location in Amagansett<\/a>, an exclusive hamlet in East Hampton, on Long Island in New York state.<\/p>\n

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House in Amagansett is a home in the Hamptons designed by Khanna Schultz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was built on a landlocked quarter-acre property that formerly held an ageing house in bad condition.<\/p>\n

The old building was removed, but the team kept an existing pool and many original plantings, including two mature crape myrtle trees. The trees became a “focal point” of the new design.<\/p>\n

“The house was designed around two existing, majestic crepe myrtle trees whose twisted trunks offer an organic counterpoint to the abstraction and simplicity of the building’s clean lines,” said Brooklyn-based studio Khanna Schultz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Black-stained wood clads the exterior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The architects conceived a rectilinear, L-shaped house with two levels and a basement. The entrance is on the south, and the preserved crape myrtle trees are found on the east side of the home, where they overlook the pool.<\/p>\n

The Japanese philosophy of “gradual revelation” was embraced while conceiving the house, from the facade treatments to the interior layout.<\/p>\n

The dwelling is clad in dark wood \u2013 specifically, black-stained, thermally modified spruce<\/a> \u2013 that was informed by rustic Japanese buildings.<\/p>\n

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Japanese architecture informed the design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The front elevation is mostly opaque, while the home opens up in the areas where it faces the backyard.<\/p>\n

The approach to the building features a “metaphorical moat and bridge”.<\/p>\n

The “moat” is actually a pair of light wells cut into the ground, which bring downlight down to the basement level.<\/p>\n