Following last week’s visit to entertainment venue specialists Populous, we are using this week’s edition of our Meet Your Next Employer series to explore the work of Sag Harbor and New York City-based SKOLNICK Architecture + Design Partnership.

Operating across their New York and Hamptons studios, SKOLNICK defines their approach as ‘designing from the inside out.’ Offering services in building design, exhibitions, and master planning since 1980, the firm has collaborated with clients including the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Cooper Union.

“Our goal is to unearth the compelling stories that underlie every design situation,” the firm explains on its Archinect profile, which also includes 20 projects from the firm. “We start with the beliefs and visions of the client first, while taking into account the intricacies of the site and surrounding context. The "story worth telling" becomes the guiding principle for every aspect of the project. Through design we find the way to best tell that story in order to enrich the lives of our clients and communities.”

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm is currently hiring for several positions across their New York City and Sag Harbor studios. For candidates interested in applying for a position, or those interested in learning more about the firm’s work, we have rounded up five timber interiors from SKOLNICK that reflect the studio’s philosophy of ‘designing from the inside out.’

The Church, Sag Harbor, New York

This 12,000-square-foot adaptive reuse and restoration project saw an abandoned methodist church from 1836 revived as a “vibrant center for creativity.” The former religious structure now houses an artists-in-residence program with on-site accommodation, flexible making spaces, exhibition galleries, a resource library, and a public garden.

“Demolition from prior restoration attempts revealed rustic wood framing throughout, and maintaining this exposure set up a compelling dialogue between past and present, allowing for the sublime geometry of the original structure to emerge in dramatic relief,” the firm explains. “New spatial volumes inserted into this raw creative space are clad in reclaimed wood lath, accentuating their formal differentiation while complementing the historic wood framing.”

North Haven Residence, North Haven, New York

Located on a 15-acre site that largely consists of preserved wetlands, SKOLNICK delivered a 4800-square-foot single-family residence that also serves as a retreat for two prominent artists. Beneath a timber butterfly roof, many of the home’s key spaces are lifted off the ground to the upper floor, creating sweeping panoramic views of the unspoiled meadows, woods, and wetlands.

“The gentle butterfly roof contributes to a sense of lightness on the land and pays homage to the horizon and sky above,” the firm notes. In addition to the construction of a new structure, the project also saw the renovation of an existing barn on the property to be used as a garage.

Aileron, Dayton, Ohio

For the design of the Aileron Center for Entrepreneurial Education, SKOLNICK sought to create a scheme that allowed users to “escape the everyday challenges of running a venture, focus on big picture thinking, and interface with their peers.” Set on a former farm, the resulting scheme prioritizes open views, regional materials, orientation to a central pond, and connections to walking trails.

The building’s defining architectural feature is a series of aerodynamic roofs, referencing an aileron’s definition as the mechanical part of an airplane wing that provides steering stability. Beneath the timber-clad curving roofs, a series of large volumes are decorated with graphic murals on interior dividing walls.

Children’s Reading Room, East Hampton Public Library, East Hampton, New York

A 6,800-square-foot addition to one of Long Island’s oldest public libraries, the interior design and environmental graphics of the Children’s Reading Room references the heritage of Long Island’s East End. “The overall effect of the Children’s Reading Room is one of warmth, community, and pride of place,” the firm notes.

Within the reading room’s colorful interior, the region’s architectural icons have been translated as scaled lighthouses, windmills, and boats. Overhead, rows of custom lighting dubbed ‘book birds’ populate the room’s heavy wood trusses, while nautical references in the wood flooring design continue the overarching theme of homage to Long Island’s maritime history.

East End Home, Bridgehampton, New York

Designed as a vacation home for a family of four, SKOLNICK’s private residence at Bridgehampton uses a 1930s cottage and tractor shed as the base for creating a “dynamic array of shapes and volumes conceived as series interconnected cottages and cabins.” Described by the firm as a “modernist tree house,” the renovated and expanded structure incorporates a copper and plywood shack, a corrugated metal shed, and a wood barn.

Inside, the original structure has been opened up through a long glazed facade while an original fireplace and chimney have been retained as a focal point. Branching off the main space, a series of bedrooms reflect the personalities and interests of the client’s children, incorporating a large cubic reading bay in one, and romantic period vintage wallpaper in another.

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