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The article describes the architectural design of a residence in Scarsdale, New York. The house is designed to fit the needs of the six members of the family. It has been designed as two houses linked by a gallery that creates two kinds of entry which include one to the whole house and another to each of the pavilions. The space of the gallery combines with that of the stairs to each pavilion which is to be used for the display of paintings on easels. The materials used in the construction include wood frames, vertical wood siding painted white, green copper, bluestone base, glass block walls, steel frames bluestone gallery floors and stairs and marble master bath. The house responds to the requirements of the resident while making a strong architectural statement.

The article features the architectural design of Shingle Schinkel, a holiday house in East Hampton, New York. It is stated that this project is a two-story single-family summer residence where it is both formalist and picturesque. The project presents a transformed building, a process frozen in space. According to the author, the house deserves recognition because it follows the tradition of its context without becoming a caricature. The project also relates to the modern and classic, romantic and formal, while responding to context, site and user.