SPACE Black is the new black: beach homes with black exteriors are some of the most bold, beautiful and serene houses in the Hamptons. By Jim Servin
Connect the dots: from Calvin Klein’s sleek black woodand-glass box on Meadow Lane in Southampton, to Steven Klein’s all-black West Kill farm and Madonna’s black mansion in Bridgehampton, to Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan’s modern-rustic retreat in charcoal on Shelter Island, black summer homes are sending a message of sophisticated individualism. “They are very common in Japan, and whenever we were there, we vowed to someday have a black house. At first, our neighbors thought the house looked very ominous and coffin-like,” says designer Jonathan Adler of the four-bedroom, single-story compound he and Barneys New York honcho Simon Doonan built five years ago. “But with a bit of bamboo, some dune grasses and a few Japanese pines, the house went from ominous to serene. A black house is very quiet. We’re on Gardiners Bay, and my favorite view of my house is from my paddleboard.”
CALVIN KLEIN’S WOOD AND GLASS $75 MILLION HOME.
PAUL DOMZAL
MADONNA’S 58 ACRE BRIDGEHAMPTON ESTATE.
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