Wed.Oct 06, 2021

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A Seattle Inventor’s Home Does Double Duty as a Working Laboratory

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Designed by Olson Kundig, this experimental residence is a testament to teamwork, sustainability, and a willingness to tinker with the unexpected. Within the first few minutes of meeting the owner of this Seattle property, architect Kevin Kudo-King knew this project would be distinctive. "He asked for a glass of water and filled it with ice," Kudo-King remembers.

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Daventry, Northamptonshire

English Buildings

Genuine imitation This building is nicely sited at one end of Daventry High Street, facing up the street. Its frontage therefore acts as an attractive focal point as one looks towards it, and the white stucco finish draws the eye. What I thought I was looking at was the 18th-century idea of a Tudor-period gothic house front. The battlements, octagonal corner turrets, friezes with quatrefoils, and windows with dripstones and ornate glazing bars all point to this.