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

Dwell

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

Deezen

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

Archinect

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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Alexander Hills Architects converts Norfolk farmhouse into accessible family home

Deezen

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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Modern Masterpiece: Architect David Strand on Designing the Perfect “Home in the Woods”

Architizer

If there is one thing that architects and their clients can agree on, it’s that architecture should always work in harmony with nature. Paul Keskeys: How did the client brief and the project’s unique site help to shape your initial concept for Silver Residence? For this project, we chose Marvin windows for several reasons.

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Aligning Incentives with Climate Change Goals

Westeck News

Ensuring utility demand-side measures are effective tools to meeting climate and energy goals. These changes aim to align the province’s utility DSM programs with the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030 , emphasizing electrification, affordability and market readiness for future efficiency standards. ’s net-zero targets by 2050.

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Marrowstone Island Residence: A Masterclass in Site Responsive Architecture

Architizer

Marrowstone Island Residence is not just located in the Pacific Northwest wilderness — it is one with it, thanks in large part to custom windows by Marvin. The client had passed through this part of the country during his time in the Navy and fell in love with it. The client was also based in Dallas at the time.

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