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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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Cool Ranch by Laun Studio

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The top level was transformed into an open plan kitchen-dining-living area that utilizes an existing covered porch with views to the West. On the lower level, the music studio’s large wood windows create a connection with the tiered garden and pool beyond.

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Fanned and sawtooth roofs top Sanand Factory in India by Studio Saar

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Kite-like canopies and geometric roofs shelter the spaces of this factory by Studio Saar , which sits atop a seasonal lake in Sanand, India. Four individual buildings housing an entrance area, utility bay, factory hall and canteen space set in a natural landscape comprise the development.

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A Butterfly Roof Tops an "Upside-Down" House Built for Aging in Place

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Downstairs is a garage, study, utility room, and guest bedroom. The overhanging butterfly roof provides solar shading to south facing high level windows in summer. The client enjoys very low energy bills due to the high levels of insulation and the solar panels that power her home.

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An Offset Roof Isn't the Only Off-Kilter Thing About This Home in Japan

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The boxes themselves work as dividers of shared and private space, yet small windows created in the boxes allow other family members to sense their presence, sometimes seen and sometimes unseen. Smaller negative spaces between the structures were to be utilized to form the space of other rooms and a larger gap was allocated for a living room.

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Alexander Hills Architects converts Norfolk farmhouse into accessible family home

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A kitchen sits at the heart of the house and adjoins a large open-plan living and dining space offering views through the large rear windows down Glaven Valley. Level access has been created throughout the ground floor One of the extensions to the home expands the living area while the other contains a utility block.

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