Architect Horace Gifford strongly believed that people should live with nature, not on nature—and that’s a sentiment that James and Hara Perkins stand by. In 2019, the artist and real estate law partner bought one of Gifford’s creations, as a place to relax and create with their now five-year-old son, Judd. “Coming out here is an exercise of finding nature after having been in Manhattan for so long,” James says. “We all need that to feel recharged.”