Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford The Bibliophile This isn't just any cedar

This isn't just any cedar – it's one of over 80 varieties that have shaped Japanese culture for centuries

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whose story began at Copenhagen's Kunsthåndværkerskolen Snedkerskole

Fire Island Modernist: Horace Gifford The Bibliophile This isn't just any cedarBefore Fire Island became our home, Horace Gifford transformed it. In the 1960s, Gifford executed a remarkable series of beach houses that reimagined coastal modernism cedar and glass pavilions that merged exuberant post Stonewall liberation with rigorous architectural discipline. His A frame geometries and improvisational structures created a sustainable modernism attuned to barrier island landscapes and the rhythms of tidal living. First published