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Testbeds is giving discarded architectural mock-ups new life in New York's community gardens

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A new project from New York-based duo New Affiliates is making headlines in the Queens neighborhood of Edgemere, where architects Ivi Diamantopoulou and Jaffer Kolb have invented a radical new way of reusing one of the design processes’ most wasteful customs – discarded architectural mock-ups.

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These Five Homes Get a Fresh Outlook With Custom Windows and Doors

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Principal Andy Fotsch reframed the great room—adding 14 inches to the overall height in order to accommodate 8-foot-tall Kolbe multi-slide doors with transom windows above—to highlight the home’s original selling point: the view. The most significant transformation was rearranging the floor plan to open up the living space with a great room.

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A Wood-and-Glass Abode in Nashville Brings Warmth for a Pair of Empty Nesters

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Walls of windows from Kolbe Windows & Doors create a layered, light-filled home. At this point, Kolbe windows are a staple of a Goorevich project. I’ve used Kolbe several times for the same reasons," says the architect. Every hike has its reward. The windows are performing well and still look great on all of the projects."

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Clearing the Way

Dwell

To execute the design vision for the central space, Hoppenot turned to Kolbe for large-format glazing solutions. "We We selected Kolbe for their energy efficiency and the size of the window panes they could provide," he says. Read more at dwell.com/kolbe. Head back to the September/October 2023 issue homepage

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New Affiliates, a design duo based in New York, finds refuge from workaday architecture concerns in art projects

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After cutting their teeth at cerebral New York firms like DS+R and MOS, Jaffer Kolb and Ivi Diamantopoulou set out on their own, forming New Affiliates in 2016. The pair [.].

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Asking $415K, This 690-Square-Foot Trinity House in Philly Is Packed With Charm

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In New Jersey, a Marvelous Midcentury Home by Otto Kolb Asks $1.2M Photo by Stephen Edwards See the full story on Dwell.com: Asking $415K, This 690-Square-Foot Trinity House in Philly Is Packed With Charm Related stories: Lloyd Wright’s Second Commissioned Home Seeks $3.2M East Hampton’s Legendary Antler House Just Hit the Market for $2.5M

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A Los Angeles Home Reaches Its Peak Potential With Floor-to-Ceiling Views

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Kolbe Windows & Doors gives a midcentury house a fresh outlook on its surroundings. In Bel Air, where tall hedges and winding roads hide the havens of movie stars and music executives, sat a home that was a time capsule of the famed neighborhood’s past. "It

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