Overlooking an organic agricultural preserve, this newly completed family residence sited next to Sagaponack Pond represents a unique collaboration between client, architect, and interior designer. Situated at the end of a long gravel driveway reminiscent of a country road, the 12,000 square foot home is modestly scaled for the space it contains. The orientation of the three volumes signify different functions within the house, and ensures that each takes advantage of its natural surroundings. In essence, the house becomes the bridge between the pastoral, productive farm landscape and the watery surrounds of Sagaponack Pond.

When Daryl Simon and her husband, Irwin, purchased a rare piece of land in Bridgehampton, New York, for a weekend and summer home, they were clear on one thing: They didn’t want a traditional Hamptons beach house. There would be no homage to the Shingle Style’s steeply peaked rooflines, no Colonial Revival for the 21st century, and no corporate swaths of glass.

Instead, for the 10 acres located between deeded farmland and Sagaponack Pond, the Simons recruited an unusual team: Architecture Plus Information (A+I), known for creating tech offices with a humanist touch, and designer Poonam Khanna, an architect by training whose ELLE DECOR A-List studio, Unionworks, has been quietly running on word-of-mouth commissions since its founding in 2007.

‘Grey Gardens, it ain’t,’ says Brad Zizmor, one of A+I’s two cofounders.