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This Renovated Taipei Apartment Sees the Glass Brick Trend All the Way Through

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Not so in this roughly 1,300-square-foot unit in Taipei, renovated by designer firm Phoebe Says Wow. The client is an established hotel manager. Before renovations evan began, the couple was expecting their first child. Apartment living in dense cities in Asia is typically associated with small rooms and dark corridors.

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Magpie House extension is a "personal museum" for client's furniture collection

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Architecture practice DGN Studio has extended a terraced home in east London with spaces and materials that form a backdrop to the client's mid-century furniture collection. It is designed as a backdrop to the client's furniture collection. DGN Studio has extended the Magpie House in London. The kitchen features wooden joinery.

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He Only Built One Home—So They Gave It a Singular Renovation

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Nestled into a hillside in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Mount Washington, this 1961 post-and-beam home is a classic, simple, midcentury fusion of wood and glass. But as architect Sonya Lee began renovating it, the bittersweet story of the home’s original designer, Kazuo Umemoto, came into focus.

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Studio Schicketanz renovates Henry Hill's mid-century house on the California coast

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Studio Schicketanz has completed a renovation of the former seaside home of modernist architect Henry Hill. Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California , the cedar house was originally constructed in 1961 and expanded in 1969 and again in 1971, with unusually shaped rooms, rounded seating spaces and colourful glass accents.

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Green tiles fill renovated São Paulo apartment by Casulo

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Green tilework in multiple rooms is contrasted with terracotta plaster at this São Paulo apartment , renovated for a couple by local studio Casulo. Renovations to the apartment included opening up the kitchen. Almost all the references brought by [the client] had a green colour," said Abrahão. "We

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Ten homes with light-filled glass extensions

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For our latest lookbook , we've chosen 10 residential glass extensions that create airy, light-filled and modern additions to homes. Glass is a popular material for house extensions as it is durable, weather-resistant and – thanks to its transparency – adds light and brightness to a space. Find out more about The Glass Ribbon ›.

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ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec

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The all-black home, surrounded by a boreal forest, is made up of a square surrounding a small courtyard that contains an apple tree that reminded the client of their childhood. The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. The post ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec appeared first on Dezeen.

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