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LOCATION
Address: 718 Dune Road
City: Westhampton Beach
State: New York
Zip Code: 11978
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Residential
Status: Built; Demolished

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1961
Site Area: 16,117 ft² (1,497.3 m²)
Floor Area: 5 beds, 6.5 baths; 7,963 ft² (739.8 m²)
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PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: Victor Lynn (0000-0000) and Georgianna Lynn (1935-0000)
Architect: Andrew Geller (1924-2011)
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Lynn Residence

The project scope is to design a residence for Victor Lynn (0000-0000) and Georgianna Appignani Lynn (1935-0000). Mr. Lynn is an executive at Kodak.
The residence is demolished
In 2005 a 7 bedroom 2,880 ft² (739.8 m²) single family home is built on the site.

“Because of their unconventional silhouettes, Geller houses often acquire nicknames. This one is called The Box Kite by Westhampton Beach neighbors of the Victor Lynns. Each of two cubes starts with 14 square feet of floor, then angles out in the middle for more than just illusory extra room. Cube at the right is all one spacious, window-lined living room.

Diamonds of glass illuminate the corners of the house, which faces a constant play of boats on Moriches Bay. The outside walls, which look like battening, are actually less expensive plywood. The outward-slanting living-room wall forms a comfortable back for built-in banquettes. Roofs of all houses are paved with heat-reflecting white stone chips.”

— Fred R. Smith. “Houses the Unsquare the Cube.” Sports Illustrated, 29 July 1963.