Lambert House

Richard Meier – Saul Lambert House, East Walk, Lonelyville-NY USA, 1961-1962

This first house built on the dunes of Lonelyville, once a remote area on the western end of Fire Island, was conceived in the utmost simplicity as a collection of pre-cut parts, the roof and floor beams are modular elements that with five structural spans hold 130 square meters of living space above the water. The fourteen posts rest on concrete foundation piers.
This house was built for $11.000 by a Michigan company that specializes only in log homes. The pre-cut lumber was transported to Long Island from Michigan and the construction was completed in nine days.
One of the important factors that allowed such rapid construction was the use of solid wood panels with notches and grooves for the walls, rather than the traditional "pin-and-dowel" construction.
The house is open to the ocean and bay. The open walls are made of large screens and glass panels, some of which open as doors to the porch and deck offering views of the ocean and the Great South Bay.
Source: www.richardmeier.com