Beach house

Beach houses are often designed to weather the type of climate they are built in and the building materials and construction methods used in beach housing vary widely around the world.

[1] Beach houses require special paint to protect them from the salt water.

One of the most famous twentieth century beach gardens was constructed by Derek Jarman at Dungeness, England.

It celebrated local materials, native plants and the openness of the site.

American architect Andrew Geller designed sculptural beach houses in the coastal regions of New England during the 1950s and 1960s.