making waves

Pioneering bold forms and experimental materials, architect Bryan Young leaves his sensitive mark on a stretch of Dominican Republic coast

TEXT BY SAM COCHRAN

the house reveals itself slowly. On a remote stretch of the Dominican Republic coast, a stone footpath winds its way through a dense landscape of old-growth trees, zamia, and native flowers. Gradually, a timber structure comes into focus, its undulating form seemingly afloat above the jungle floor. Only upon stepping past that wood-clad volume, under a 70-foot-wide span and up into the central courtyard, do you see the ocean. And it’s only there, from the beach, that the full breadth of the house comes into view: a 20,000-square-foot marvel with ipe slats as taut as skin around its peaks and curves. That progression is all expert choreography on the part of architect Bryan Young, principal of the Brooklyn-based studio Young Projects and nowadays very much a name to know. “Every decision…

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Architectural Digest (Digital) - 1 Issue, July/August 2021

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