Following our previous visit to California-based Yu2e, Inc., we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York this week to explore the work of BMA Architects.

Headquartered in Sagaponack, NY, the firm has built a portfolio anchored on high-end modern residential and commercial work. With a view of architecture as “a respite for the demands of modern lives,” the firm’s design ethos focuses on “extensive research, collaboration, support, curiosity and trust from project inception through project closeout.” Earlier this year, our editorial reported on the firm’s design for Miami’s future tallest tower, featuring a cantilevered void with an outdoor pool deck.

Over on Archinect Jobs, BMA Architects is currently hiring a Project Coordinator to join their Miami, FL, office. For candidates interested in applying for the position or anybody interested in learning more about the firm’s output, we have rounded up five high-end residential projects by BMA Architects that exemplify the firm’s ethos.

Jule Pond II, Watermill, NY

The Jule Pond II home was designed for a young family and is inspired by a sculpture within the landscape. The project is grounded in two distinct identities to distinguish the front and rear of the property. At the front entrance, a dark brise soleil spans two stories to visually connect the three wings of the house. The brise soleil “opens and contracts the glazing in a rhythmic pattern,” the firm notes, “finally breaking free of the house itself and marching into the landscape.” Meanwhile, the rear elevation sees a wood volume clad in sun-bleached cedar.

“Within the house, the same motifs reappear,” the team adds. “Stairs break free of walls, dark contrasts with light, millwork mimics the rhythm of the exterior brise soleil, and finishes carry from inside out. The result is a home that offers a spatially rich experience, nuanced in detail yet expressive in style.”

Ferry Road, North Haven, NY

A 7,500-square-foot home on a two-acre waterfront lot, Ferry Road was designed to exploit views across Sag Harbor. This mission particularly influenced the entrance to the house, accessed by passing under a second-floor bedroom wing into an open-air courtyard, revealing views through a 1.5-story glass great room towards the harbor.

“Floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall glass panels open on both sides of the great room to create a true, indoor/outdoor lifestyle and allow the courtyard to expand the entertaining space for large events,” the firm explains. “A roof deck and outdoor fireplace over the one-story wing allows for late day/early evening sunsets without interrupting views from any second-floor spaces.”

Long Island Estate Main House, East Hampton, NY

BMA describes the Long Island Estate Main House as “born of the land,” with a signature slanted roof mimicking the site’s natural topography. A vacation retreat for an art-collecting family, the home is infused with a gallery program housed in a second-story space cutting through the center of the house. Long gallery walls run the length of the space while large windows are positioned at each end.

“The materiality, inspired by the work of Tadao Ando, juxtaposes concrete walls with dark shou sugi ban wood siding for a dramatic interplay set against lush landscaping,” the firm explains. “The art collection also animates the exterior, where thoughtfully placed sculptures around the pool complete the vision of a space where art can mingle with life.”

Old Orchard, East Hampton, NY

The residential reconfiguration at Old Orchard saw the original structure redesigned as a linear, single-story glass and metal box with the grade carved down to the basement at both ends. Within the home, a series of “architectural moments” are created using a language of simple wood and glass elements to contrast with the aluminum skin of the existing building. Meanwhile a new wood “tube” was added to bisect the main structure, creating an entry plinth a few steps above the existing floor.

“The new home office spans and helps to screen the not-so-inviting sunken garage drive, providing a more inviting, wood façade during approach,” the firm adds. “The two-story master suite at the opposite end consists of a wood and glass bedroom and bath at grade level sitting atop a concrete, basement-level plinth containing a substantial dressing room that opens up to the sunken courtyard. Other components of the project include a redesign of the kitchen and the conversion of part of the basement level to home spa and theatre programs.”

Daniels Lane, Sagaponack, NY

Located on a narrow, one-acre oceanfront lot, Daniels Lane was one of the first projects in Sagaponack designed to meet new FEMA flood elevations, which required the first-floor elevation to be approximately 17 feet above sea level. The design of the home was further influenced by the nearby 1979 Tarlo ‘Wall’ House by Tod Williams and the 1970 Perlbinder House by Norman Jaffe, resulting in a two-story travertine entry facade highlighted with a single opening accentuated by a cantilevered afromosia stair landing.

“A ‘cut and fold’ in the wall plane bends to allow for one large glass opening, from which an overscaled, wood aperture containing the main stair landing cantilevers,” the firm explains. “In a nod to Louis Kahn’s Richards Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania, a layer of service spaces runs parallel to the wall plane creating a threshold prior to reaching the horizontal expanse of the ‘served’ entertainment spaces of the open plan living room, dining room and kitchen. Fifteen foot wide, floor to ceiling, glass sliding panels maximize the ocean view and open the house onto the ocean side patio and pool.”

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