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

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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 house was very inwardly focused with low-lying windows that you couldn’t see out of unless you ducked or sat down. Post it here. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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It’s Your Average Off-Grid Shipping Container Home—Just Set on a Tall Metal Tower

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This structure was to be very strong, be as fire resistant as possible and require as little long term exterior maintenance as possible. This was accomplished by utilizes repurposed shipping containers, a galvanized tower crane mast and tower components, metal interior framing, aluminum framed windows/trim and stainless steel ceilings.

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Proctor & Shaw tops London home extension with serrated zinc roof

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From the side, the serrated edge blocks oblique views from the principal first-floor neighbouring windows," Proctor & Shaw director John Proctor told Dezeen. "It It is designed to be pulled back (with the shortest overhang) at the mid-window point to allow the maximum amount of light directly from above."

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David Kohn celebrates English eccentricities with Red House in Dorset

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The red tone of the brickwork heavily contrasts the green that colours the doors, window frames and the underside of roof canopies. Other details include bulging bays that span entire rooms, circular and semi-circular windows, and drainpipes that draw bold graphic lines. Windows come in various shapes and sizes. Project credits.

Housing 145
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An Offset Roof Isn't the Only Off-Kilter Thing About This Home in Japan

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Having consulted with a structural engineer, these structures were placed within a comfortable distance from each other. 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.

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Workshop Architecture Inc creates "raw and unvarnished" prefabricated home in Ontario

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Upstairs, the mezzanine contains a home office and den that can be used as extra sleeping space, while utilities such as the interior heat pump were tucked along the back wall. Triple-glazed pine and aluminium-clad windows were set deeply into the walls to create sills that can double as seating, desks, and counters.

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HGX Design creates house that "flows like music" in the Hudson Valley

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Utility spaces, such as a powder room, laundry room and storage, were placed directly adjacent to the entry, while a long hallway leads to the entrances of three guest bedrooms. Floor-to-ceiling windows line the majority of the exterior, with the remainder clad in a vertical cedar siding.

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