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Modernist desert pavilion with horizontal striping and clean geometry set against arid mountains with flowering shrubs, by Barnes Coy Architects.
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Barnes Coy Architects

Architecture FirmEst. 1993

Barnes Coy Architects is an architecture firm founded in 1993 by Christopher Coy and the late Robert Barnes. The firm has completed more than 250 projects across the Hamptons, Colorado, Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America. The practice specializes in single-family residential design, emphasizing modernist principles centered on light, space, and natural conditions. The firm works closely with clients to develop designs that respond to site-specific conditions, incorporating minimal forms, floor-to-ceiling transparency, and exposed structural systems.

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Projects

  1. Glass Dune

    Residential · Long Island, New York

    2025 Modern Luxury Design 9 Award, Best Primary Suite

  2. Tidal View

    Residential · North Fork

    2025 AIA Long Island Commendation Award

  3. Calm Waters

    Residential · Long Island, New York

    2024 AIA Long Island Best Residential Single Family (Over $3 Million)

  4. Three Waters House

    Residential

    2023 AIA Long Island Commendation for Residential Single Family

  5. Butterfly

    Residential · Florida

    2023 AIA Long Island Residential Single Family Award

  6. High Desert

    Residential · Palm Springs, California

    2022 Adex Award Platinum ADEX Award

  7. Infinity

    Residential · Costa Rica

    2012 International Property Awards, Highly Commended

  8. Island House

    Residential · St. Barts

    2012 International Property Awards

Awards & press

  • Best Primary Suite

    Modern Luxury Design 9 Awards · 2025 · Glass Dune

  • Commendation Award

    AIA Long Island Archi Awards · 2025 · Tidal View

  • Best Residential Single Family (Over $3 Million)

    AIA Long Island Archi Awards · 2024 · Calm Waters

  • Commendation for Residential Single Family (Over $3 million)

    AIA Long Island Archi Awards · 2023 · Three Waters House

  • Residential Single Family over $3 Million

    AIA Long Island Archi Awards · 2023 · Butterfly

  • Commendation for Residential Single Family (Over $3 million)

    AIA Long Island Archi Awards · 2023 · Inversion

  • Honorable Mention in Architectural Design / Residential Architecture - Single Family

    The Architecture MasterPrize · 2023 · Glass Dune

  • Top 50 Coastal Architects

    Ocean Home 50 · 2022

  • Platinum ADEX Award

    Adex Awards · 2022 · High Desert

  • Top 50 Coastal Architects

    Ocean Home 50 · 2021

Selected work

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