The New Shingled House: Ike Kligerman Barkley

"The shingle style the architecture of the American summer is interpreted by Ike Kligerman Barkley, one of the most successful firms practicing in a traditional style today." "IKBA presents its core philosophy- when their clients walk into their new house, they should feel as though they have always lived there. The versatility of the simple shingle, which can be bent, shaped, or wrapped around the entire form, creates an architecture that is at once traditional and welcoming, clear and modern. As part of the American architectural continuum, as an evocative sensory experience, as a nurturing cocoon, and as a material record of a life well and truly lived, the shingled house achieves that goal. Fourteen houses are featured here, with examples throughout the fabled seaside resorts of New England Martha s Vineyard, Block Island, and the Hamptons as well as primary residences in California and Connecticut. All are characterized by a sense of graciousness and generosity that makes them unique spaces for the owners and enviable spaces for readers."

About the Author :
"John Ike, Tom Kligerman, and Joel Barkley all trained at Robert A. M. Stern Architects before opening their own firm. While all three partners share a deep respect for history and a commitment to traditional residential design, each brings his own point of view to the group. Ike s aesthetic is rooted in European precedents while Kligerman draws principally on the American resort tradition. Barkley s Southern upbringing and training as a painter gives further dimension to the design principles of the firm. Kligerman is active in architectural and educational institutions and serves as president of the Sir John Soane Foundation."

Review :

‘Today's version of shingle style, as commonly practiced in East Coast summer enclaves, has produced many lovely houses but most are not Shingle Style at all. Stately, restrained, and symmetrical, they're more like Colonial Revivals in cedar-shingle clothing. So It's refreshing to see a house like the one architect Joel Barkley designed in Southampton. In creating the beach retreat, Barkley paid authentic homage to the asymmetrical lines and inventive quirks that, in addition to those little square of cedar, are Shingle Style's hallmarks.’ - Architectural Digest

‘In their second book, The New Shingled House - featuring homes from Martha’s Vineyard and the Hamptons to Northern and Southern California - partners John Ike, Thomas A. Kligerman and Joel Barkley showcase one of the defining styles of their practice. A marriage of modernist versatility and traditional materials, the new shingled style reasserts the iconoclasm of an architecture that, now often watered-down, was once highly progressive.’ - San Francisco Cottages & Gardens

‘In this dreamy coffee table book, the distinguished design firm of Ike Kligerman Barkley shares 14 of its most stately and iconic homes built in the classic American shingle style. From a lodge in the Blue Ridge Mountains to a beachy stunner in the Hamptons, these houses offer up aspirational eye-candy of the best kind.’ - Lonny