Join us on Thursday, November 19, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM for the November Member Meeting and Arthur Davis Lecture Series, featuring Paul Masi of Bates Masi + Architects.

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In this lecture, Paul Masi: A Retrospective—Architecture of Place, Material, and Context, Masi will present a selection of work spanning the firm’s extensive portfolio, illustrating an approach grounded in research, material exploration, and environmental response. Through projects ranging from custom residences to hospitality and institutional work, the lecture will examine how site, program, and user needs inform thoughtful, site-specific design solutions.

We will also announce the winners of the 2026 Design & Service Awards, so don’t miss the chance to be part of this exciting evening recognizing outstanding design and service.

Dinner + Wine and Beer

Guest Lecturer

Paul Masi spent childhood summers in Montauk and currently resides in Amagansett. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Catholic University, a research study at The University College London, Bartlett, UK, and a Master of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He worked at Richard Meier & Partners before joining Harry Bates and forming Bates Masi + Architects. He has guest lectured at universities, professional organizations and cultural institutions, as well as local elementary and high schools. He enjoys making custom furniture in his home wood shop.

Bates Masi + Architects LLC, a full-service architectural firm with offices in New York City and the East End of Long Island for 60 years, responds to each project with extensive research in related architectural fields, material, craft and the environment to create unique solutions as varied as the individuals or groups for whom they are designed. The focus is neither the size nor the type of project, but the opportunity to enrich lives and enhance the environment. The attention to all elements of design has been a constant in the firm’s philosophy, as instilled by the firm’s founder, Harry Bates. Harry was one of the leading midcentury modern architects. Organized tours of his works on Fire Island and in the Hamptons are an ongoing tribute to his legacy.

Bates Masi projects around the world include urban and suburban residences, offices, hotels, restaurants and furniture. The firm has received more than 260 design awards and has been featured in national and international publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Architectural Record, The Wall Street Journal, and The Local Project. Design publications consistently recognize Bates Masi as a leading architecture practice. The firm is a longstanding member of the Interior Design Hall of Fame and recently received the 20th Anniversary Best of the Best Award. Bespoke Home, the first monograph of the firm’s work, with introduction by Paul Goldberger, was published by ORO and is currently in its fourth print edition. Architecture of Place, the firm’s highly anticipated second monograph, is available in bookstores now.