How a Strangely Shaped Summer House Revived One Artistâs Practice
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/t-magazine/double-diamond-house-design.html
How a Strangely Shaped Summer House Revived One Artistâs Practice
In the aftermath of loss, Jason Bard Yarmosky sought refuge within an unusual 1950s home on the shore of Long Island â and found both respite and inspiration.
The Double Diamond house, in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., has drawn comparisons to a brassiere, two kites and even a pair of binoculars gazing out over the Atlantic Ocean.Credit.Angela Hau
By Kate Branch
Feb. 18, 2021
Often referred to as the architect of happiness, Andrew Geller is best known for designing a handful of small, unique houses that dotted the shorelines of Long Island, N.Y., in the late 1950s and â60s. There was the Grasshopper, built in 1966, an abstract wood-and-glass structure that, with its sharp, tilting angles, looked as if it were going to jump off the beach in Southampton;