Long Island's built environment mirrors America’s own growth and architectural history.

From 17th-century Colonial homes and eclectic 19th-century revivals to Gilded Age

Beaux-Arts mansions, our residential architecture has always balanced historic forms

with hidden structural innovations and formal exploration.

As modernism accelerated into the 20th century, abstract designs, non-traditional

materials, and inventive housing developments and production emerged. Today, the

contrasts between historic traditionalism and modern abstraction continue as

sustainable design, digital technologies, and AI reshape how we build.

This symposium investigates these historic clashes, brilliant conjunctions, and the

enduring genius that define Long Island’s remarkable residential architecture,

yesterday, today, and tomorrow.