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Big Windows and White Interiors Punch Up a Gloomy ’60s California Beach House

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The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in "bold" Vancouver house

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Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project's swimming pool features underwater windows The studio conceived a 251-square-metre, three-storey house that was designed to be a "bold yet friendly addition to the neighbourhood".

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Villa KD45 is a concrete house in Delhi with a plant-covered roof

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Studio Symbiosis has completed a villa in Delhi, India , that rises up from its landscaped grounds, forming a terraced roof that is covered with plants to maximise the site's green area. In urban settings, there is disconnect between the user and nature," Studio Symbiosis pointed out. The studio covered the roof in plants.

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TW Ryan Architecture clads pyramidal Montana house in weathering steel

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California studio TW Ryan Architecture has completed a wildfire-resistant house in the American West that features a Corten steel exterior and pyramidal roofs that allude to the mountainous terrain. Four Roof House features a Corten steel exterior Their chosen site was a bluff overlooking a lake near the town of Helmville. "The

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London extension by Collective Works blends Scandinavian and Mediterranean influences

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Collective Works has expanded the home, which it said was previously "run down", with two adjoining pitched-roof volumes at the rear and a full dormer to expand its loft. It is topped by skylights in its wood-lined pitched ceilings and overlooks the garden from a large window box with a seat.

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"Design professionals can make choices to prove that disasters are not natural"

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Choices are made, through policies, laws, client expectations, tender details and budgeting, among other constraints. Roofs could be designed and built to withstand the strongest winds possible, such as a powerful tornado passing over. The correct strength and slope of roofs can address wind, snow, and volcanic ash.

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Emil Eve uses natural materials to bring "sense of calm" to renovated London home

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The clients also requested that the new spaces include natural materials, which informed the use of douglas fir for the exposed structure, exterior cladding, internal joinery and fittings. The clients requested the use of natural materials in the extension. There is a courtyard lined with windows and glazed doors.

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