AIA Peconic recently recognized architects at the 2025 Daniel J. Rowen Memorial Design Awards for outstanding work completed on the East End.
During the awards celebration at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Thursday, April 24, AIA Peconic, the East End’s chapter of the American Institute of Architects, presented six awards for design as well as the third annual AIA Peconic Community Award.
In the Architecture category, the Honor Award — the top award — went to Paul Masi of Bates Masi + Architects in East Hampton for Mohegan Trail on Block Island.
According to the project synopsis, the house is a 45-foot-by-45-foot square, gabled saltbox with the uniquely Northeastern character of an object perched amid a rugged coastal landscape. The project was limited by being on a remote island with no cargo boat or barge access, the synopsis notes, and also had to be durable to withstand violent storms and simple to repair due to limited access to tradespeople.
“This project stood out from the field with an integrated sustainability in the design team’s choices regarding the use of 6” of exterior insulation, simple materials, and an effort to limit the use of any steel in the project,” the jurors commented.
Summerhill Landscapes of Sag Harbor contributed to the project as well.
Bates Masi + Architects also took home a Merit Award. Masi and Katherine Dalene Weil earned the award for Walking Dunes in Amagansett. The home was built 9 feet above grade on a grid of slender metal columns for flood protection and to provide ample height below for outdoor living areas, according to the project description. Steel bars between the columns are designed to provide lateral support while also collecting sand as a sand fence would.
“The home above is arranged in 4 volumes, each…


