The studio doubles as a home away from home, with a fireplace made of Montauk stones for winter, a kitchen and bathroom, and a loft bedroom for those occasions when Lucy Cookson simply cannot put away her artwork. Photo: Durell Godfrey

The late Francis Fleetwood was on Forbes magazine’s 2001 list of leading architects, which called him “the architect for the A-list in the Hamptons.” He believed the shingle style was the truly indigenous architecture of the United States. Among the 200 shingled, sprawling houses he designed, one on Georgica Pond had 14 bathrooms within its 25,000 square feet. But he also renovated a tiny, felicitously situated, 500-square foot, artist’s studio for a friend. Photo: Durell Godfrey

Seen from the beach, the studio displays the architect’s commitment to the shingle style and love of swooping gables. Photo: Durell Godfrey

The smokestack is all that remains of the Devon Colony’s power plant. Ospreys have found it to be a handy nesting place. Photo: Durell Godfrey

The base of the smokestack as seen from inside. Photo: Durell Godfrey