tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post8778776112200894105..comments2024-03-22T16:14:12.974-04:00Comments on Old Long Island: The Diego Suarez Estate Special Part 1Zach L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04464823999255502522noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-89056818796136599162014-07-03T16:34:32.137-04:002014-07-03T16:34:32.137-04:00not comparing anything to this extraordinary house...not comparing anything to this extraordinary house..Uhl built beautiful homes , using repurposed woods and materials. wooded blissnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-87225970194180728622014-07-03T10:38:10.097-04:002014-07-03T10:38:10.097-04:00From what I've seen on the internet, Walter Uh...From what I've seen on the internet, Walter Uhl's work is not on par with this house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-63887769254169735032014-07-02T18:56:16.446-04:002014-07-02T18:56:16.446-04:00Magnus, no way ..there are many lovely homes all o...Magnus, no way ..there are many lovely homes all over Long Island built during the 1950's..have you ever been in a hand home built by Walter Uhl? there are quite a few right around this house..They are craftsmen quality. The Hamptons has copied Walter Uhl, over and over and over. wooded blissnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-72601454011580554102014-07-01T20:02:30.378-04:002014-07-01T20:02:30.378-04:00Love, absolute love. My ideal is a Pavilion, rest...Love, absolute love. My ideal is a Pavilion, restrained, elegant, rational, large central room....The Down East Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13950254669198151850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-6232521971819722872014-07-01T11:18:20.756-04:002014-07-01T11:18:20.756-04:00Lovely!
Click to enlarge the image, and you will s...Lovely!<br />Click to enlarge the image, and you will see the painted brick, something we all love in the South-<br />I recall seeing the Diego Suarez auction catalogues when I studied design under Stanley Barrows, at FIT in Manhattan. As the beneficiaries of the (almost) entire former Parsons faculty, we at FIT were exposed to the best the world had to offer- all this in the hothouse of eighties New York!<br />Dean Farris Dean Farrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651467227402717540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-16669308055321481342014-07-01T10:45:53.284-04:002014-07-01T10:45:53.284-04:00I can't make out on Bing if the statues are st...I can't make out on Bing if the statues are still standing on the roofline. Does anyone know if they are still there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-68751342770866011702014-07-01T10:35:36.007-04:002014-07-01T10:35:36.007-04:00I always thought it was painted brick, but I have ...I always thought it was painted brick, but I have never seen it in person.The Devoted Classicisthttp://tdclassicist.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-1807082576096077512014-07-01T10:25:35.872-04:002014-07-01T10:25:35.872-04:00What a lovely little offering. It reminds me a bit...What a lovely little offering. It reminds me a bit of 'Little Ipswich', the Chalmers Wood Jr. estate designed by Delano & Aldrich c. 1927 in Woodbury.<br /><br />Is it a distortion of Bing (or my own vision, perhaps) that make it look today like it doesn't have a stucco exterior but more brick like?Kellsboro Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-71972569218366423702014-07-01T10:11:27.030-04:002014-07-01T10:11:27.030-04:00I hope Mr. Becker is also in possession of a floor...I hope Mr. Becker is also in possession of a floorplan!<br />What a beautiful and beautifully maintained houseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-31309682258564738872014-07-01T09:15:09.008-04:002014-07-01T09:15:09.008-04:00Very elegant and a wonderful respect for retaining...Very elegant and a wonderful respect for retaining the equally beautiful features of the existing formal gardens. ArchibuffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6807386654523336456.post-51570435716796979512014-07-01T07:13:44.843-04:002014-07-01T07:13:44.843-04:00It's comforting to know that not everything bu...It's comforting to know that not everything built on Long Island in the '50's was hideous.<br /><br />Great photos of a remarkable house. I can't wait for tomorrow.<br /><br />By the way, I believe that Diego Suarez also designed an enormous apartment for himself and his wife at the River House in New York in a similar vein. It's the sort of decorating and sensibility that may be out of fashion now, but is utter perfection to my mind.Magnuspetriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12625586892328226122noreply@blogger.com