Karpen House

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Karpen House
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Location 3 Harbor Hill Dr., Lloyd Harbor, New York
Coordinates 40°53′46″N73°27′17″W / 40.89611°N 73.45472°W / 40.89611; -73.45472 Coordinates: 40°53′46″N73°27′17″W / 40.89611°N 73.45472°W / 40.89611; -73.45472
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1955
Architect Hibner, Keith; Karpen, Morris
Architectural style Modern Movement
NRHP reference # 06000643 [1]
Added to NRHP July 26, 2006

Karpen House is a historic home located at Lloyd Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1955 and is a long, low residence surmounted by a flat roof with overhanging eaves. It represents a vernacular interpretation of the Modern style. [2]

Lloyd Harbor, New York Village in New York, United States

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Suffolk County, New York County in the United States

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Modern architecture broad type of architecture

Modern architecture, or modernist architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel and reinforced concrete; the idea that form should follow function; an embrace of minimalism; and a rejection of ornament. It emerged in the first half of the 20th century and became dominant after World War II until the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced as the principal style for institutional and corporate buildings by postmodern architecture.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]

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