The Furniture House is one of 34 residences designed for the Houses of Sagaponac Development in Southampton, New York. Furniture House 5 is based on the plan of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s unbuilt Brick Country House (1924), reinterpreted in wood according to program, structure, and site. An improved version of the prefabricated Furniture House System was employed. The spatial concept of the design divides the building into four separate zones. Each of these four zones is enriched by an individual garden that integrates the interior with the surrounding landscape. (Dean Maltz + Shigeru Ban Architects)