The Switchblade on the Sound

A Steven Harris-designed family home on a bluff in Amagansett overlooks a pool and the bay.

- BY WENDY GOODMAN

The Grounds

At the home of Hilary Evans, the design firm RRP preserved the original pitch pines, eastern red cedars, and black oaks and planted native grasses beyond the Grigio Olivo pavers of the pool. says RRP senior associate Regina Cassorla. AS A CHILD, HILARY EVANS learned to swim on a stretch of beach in Amagansett. Decades later, she and her husband noticed a FOR SALE sign nearby for a plot of land. There was a clearing on a bluff with a view of the water. It had belonged to a French creative director who had secured permits from the town for a house with a pool but never saw the plans through. The couple pounced—though there was a hitch.

The Living Room