Jeff Heatley
The Guide: The Hamptons
July 1, 2007
Frederick Stelle (Stelle Architects, Bridgehampton, 631.537.0019, www.stelleco.com). For Stelle, a dedicated modernist who has done international projects as well as regional ones, great design makes a grand statement without being grand in size. "It’s not about the house," he says. "It’s about the sky, the air, the land, the beach, the ocean, the fishing, the bays—these are the reasons you come to the Hamptons."
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John Barman (212.838.9443, www.johnbarman.com). Barman, who has designed interiors for several celebrities, including Wynton Marsalis and Neil Simon, likes to make his Hamptons homes fun. For a 14,000-square-foot oceanfront house in East Hampton, he used Brighton Pavilion as inspiration; for a 7,000-square-foot home in Wainscott, he created a modern Balinese look. "Each one has a concept or point of view," he says.
Geoffrey Bradfield (212.758.1773, www.geoffreybradfield.com). "My Hamptons style is laid-back, but sophisticated," says Bradfield, who is also known for his daring and dashingly elegant projects for an exclusive international clientele of "silent celebrities." Notes Bradfield: "These are holiday homes. I use art in all my projects and instead of old masters, I prefer emerging artists for the Hamptons." He is currently working on three luxe Hamptons projects.
Jamie Drake (Drake Design Associates, 212.754.3099, www.drakedesignassociates.com). For Drake, who has designed for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Madonna, the Hamptons look is "my own personal take on country style. I like to mix in contemporary art, interesting antiques and, of course, my signature—big, bold splashes of bright color."
Charles Pavarini III (Charles Pavarini III Design Associates, 212.749.2047, www.pavarinidesign.com). Pavarini—interior, costume and set designer—uses the Hamptons as a stage for his signature European-style design, where subtle glamour is reflected in unorthodox pairings of period pieces, and dressmaker details, like transparent bias-cut drapes that mimic backless ball gowns.
Cheryl Terrace (Vital Design, 212.799.1540, www.vitaldesignltd.com). Environmentalist/interior designer Cheryl Terrace offers luxury eco-designs that are sensuous, highly textural and organic. "From my use of recyclables to products that don’t off-gas, my designs are green, but I prefer to call them ‘thoughtful’ design," she says. "It’s all about listening to the clients—and to the architecture. My style? It’s like really green Clodagh."
Southampton Engineering (Sag Harbor, 631.725.4110). Known for its interiors, the company does modern one-of-a-kind design-build projects as well as renovations and restorations around the globe. "Our work doesn’t look like anyone else’s," says director of design Harry Fischman, who has worked with Paul Rudolph, Buckminster Fuller and Charles Forberg. "We take a client’s personal interests and develop them into concrete forms that are unique to the site."
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