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What If You Added a Window?

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At least once a week, I look at one particular wall in my living room and wonder why the person who built this place didn’t put a window there. So I decided to investigate the reality of adding a window and whether there are better options for more light than having somebody cut a big hole in the side of your house.

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Telescope House by Wendell Burnette offers framed views of Sedona

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Bedrooms feature surrounding views Exterior walls are wrapped in weathering steel , which helps protect the home against wildfire. It is naturally fireproof along with steel-plate window frames." The interior features dark-toned finishes, which serve as a "welcome respite for the eyes in the desert".

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Atelier Local draws on brutalist architecture for House in Ancede

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Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home , which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. The living areas and bedrooms are organised across three floors, each finished with exposed materials and minimalist fittings.

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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.

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Baldridge Architects converts Austin commercial units into its own studio

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Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. On the exterior, crisp-white plaster was added to the original concrete masonry. The photography is by Casey Dunn.

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Studio Prototype completes Edge House in experimental Amsterdam neighbourhood

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The exterior volume combines stucco, stone and floor-to-ceiling-glazing The studio was commissioned to design the house for a couple, who were not exactly sure what they wanted. Internal finishes are varied, with herringbone-patterned flooring and stone cladding adding texture to the minimalist-style white walls and glazed details.

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Antonino Cardillo designs Elogio del Grigio house as "miniature palazzo"

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Cardillo drew on "the rectangular cuspidate rooms of Marrakech" and "window panes somewhere between Venetian windows and the marble hammams of Istanbul" for the design. The building's exterior is relatively modest Elogio del Grigio is home to a couple and their young daughter.

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