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A Floating Living Room Sets a Family’s Lake Michigan Cottage Apart From the Rest

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Photo: Eric De Witt In the late 2000s, when real estate prices fell, Jill and Toby took the opportunity to make that dream come true. Once a charmer, the cottage was designed by a University of Michigan architecture student for his family, who built it themselves. So they decided to start fresh.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Left: urban oasis in a renovated Mexico City townhouse; images via Dezeen and World Architecture Community. For her academic excellence in architecture and leadership initiatives, Trumpet received both the NYCOBA NOMA Diversity Award and the Center for Architecture Heritage Ball Scholarship in 2014. Gabriela Etchegaray.