New-Build Contemporary.
The minority report of this list — hotels that were built from scratch in the last decade. Piaule's 24 cabins, The Bend's five suites, Inness's 28 cabins. Without the constraint of restoring an old building, these hotelers get to express a single design idea with total coherence, and the best ones do.
Camptown
From the Rivertown Lodge owners — new-build cabins and lodge rooms in Leeds. Michelin Key.
Dockside Inn
Twenty-two rooms on Oak Bluffs Harbor. Nautical without doing the too-much anchor thing.
Eastwind Oliverea Valley
The Eastwind family's newer, more polished sister. Still Scandi, now with a spa.
Hotel Moraine
A new seaside minimalist at the tip of the North Fork. Opened as the regional answer to The Menhaden.
Marram Montauk
A modernist beachfront lodge on Montauk's old motel row. Creamy palette, dune-and-sea aesthetic, proper scale.
Mezze Guesthouse
Five rooms above one of the Berkshires' serious restaurants — Mezze Bistro + Bar. The Clark next door.
Piaule Catskill
Architect-designed cabins on 50 acres of Catskill forest — the quietest luxury in the region.
Seminary Hill
A working cidery, orchard, and Michelin Key boarding-house hotel on a hilltop in Callicoon.
The Bend Resort
Five adults-only micro-suites on the river. Self-serve luxury.
The Menhaden
Sixteen rooms a block from Greenport Harbor. Michelin Key, rooftop bar, the North Fork's only serious design hotel.
The Roundtree Amagansett
Two acres of former farmland, 21 architect-designed cottages. The quiet luxury option in the loud Hamptons.
Woodstock Way Hotel
Creekside cabins built from scratch in 2018 — Woodstock's quietest boutique, no bar, no restaurant, on purpose.