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This Unassuming Edwardian-Era Home in Australia Conceals a Crisp, Airy Extension

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The clients also developed a sensory direction that would make the house feel calming and soft to the touch. This space boasts a northern window opening to a small pocket garden and allowing the afternoon sun to pour in. Post it here. The new addition sits behind the existing heritage structure, concealed from the street.

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Snøhetta includes wooden oculus for Norwegian-American museum extension in Iowa

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The new building's first floor has floor-to-ceiling windows and is topped with a wooden canopy that extends over the street, while the upper floors were clad in grey brick. A glass volume that spans the two upper floors was inserted off-centre, facing the street.

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CLB Architects creates trio of "tectonic structures" for Wyoming residence

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The writer's studio rises two stories while the guest house is rectilinear in form The ground floor includes public spaces, the primary bedroom suite, a garage and a gym, along with "an expansive mudroom for the client's Irish wolfhounds". Each window frames a view of the prairie and Teton Range beyond," the team said.

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Elliott Architects uses dramatic cantilever for House on a Bay

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The client was not beholden to the prevailing style of houses in the area, most of which are traditional, vernacular, New England wood-framed structures," the studio said. "He The lower bar is board-formed concrete that is carved away with glass and steel, while the upper bar is clad in phenolic wall panels.

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates California winery with "humble yet refined atmosphere"

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Retractable glass walls link the inside and outside of the winery. The tasting room – which totals 5,500 square feet (511 square metres) – is a glass pavilion looking out at the landscape. All four sides have retractable glass walls and operable transom windows, enabling the building to open to the surroundings.

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Four Pines is a Wyoming home clad in cedar and local stone

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The home was designed to achieve three main goals – to make the most of the natural setting, provide ample space for visitors, and accommodate the client's impressive art collection, which features work by artists such as Richard Serra, Deborah Butterfield and Roy Lichtenstein. Windows open the home to the mountains beyond.

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John Friedman and Alice Kimm include dining room crane in Los Angeles house

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We could do whatever we want, and we did in fact integrate some ideas and elements that other clients turned down for their particular houses." A large central staircase with open teak treads, a glass railing and a powder-coated aluminium bookcase wall connects all three levels.

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