These inexpensive vacation houses were built on sand dunes by the ocean and designed to withstand powerful North Atlantic hurricanes. Beach House 1 is hung between a series of creosoted wood pilings that support the floor and roof. Cross-braced tension rods stabilize the building so that it would stand like a table even if the sand dunes were washed out from under it. This dialogue between mass and void provided a simultaneous sense of shelter and exposure. Beach House 2, influenced by Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoie, is a rectangle with a large open deck cut out of it. The simple shape is punctuated by skylights projecting above the roof line and similar projections beyond the wall plane that capture the ocean views in the bedrooms.