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Connecticut home designed by a Frank Lloyd Wright protégé asks for $2.5m

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After branching out on his own, he continued to spread Wright’s ideas of organic architecture and modern design across the northeast region, particularly in Connecticut, where he would go on to make his own home. The three-bedroom house also has private lake access, a whole-house Generac generator, and an EV charger.

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Stirling Prize-winning council homes set for Right to Buy selloff

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Several council homes on the Stirling Prize-winning Goldsmith Street in Norwich could be sold at a discount just five years after they were built, Dezeen can reveal as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Right to Buy is a government policy that allows council-housing tenants in England to purchase their homes at a significant discount.

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In the Cotswolds, a Reborn Barn Wrapped in Black Metal Seeks £1.7M

Dwell

The architectural profile creates an immediate, striking impact on the approach. Power, heat, and light are provided through a ground-source heat pump at the side of the house, and there is also a wood burner in the main living space." Related stories: There’s a Boulder in the Living Room of This $8.7M

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The Iconic Evans House Lands Back on the Market for $2.2M

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acres From the Agent : " The Evans House, 1961, is an important midcentury-modern architectural masterpiece designed by James Evans as his own home, included in the 1961 Modern House Tour. There have been very minor alterations to the house. Million ’70s Texas Home—Or Is It the Conversation Pit?

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Look inside Birkenhead’s secret Outsider Art palace

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The home, now under the stewardship of the Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust , is a beacon of ‘Outsider Art’, the first in the UK to be given Grade II designation by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England. Gittins was no ordinary inhabitant of Birkenhead.

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We’ll Never Climb Down From the Tree House

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One of the earliest surviving accounts of tree houses comes from, of all people, first-century philosopher Pliny the Elder. Though Pliny’s story is only a few sentences in an expansive text, it neatly summarizes the lingering fascination with the tree house: It marries the sublimity of the natural world with architecture.

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Waterside House, Hampshire, England

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A deep house, layouts have been carefully planned to maximise natural light, particularly on the ground floor which is home to the owner’s artist’s studio. Anchoring the building to the site, the materials used will weather gracefully, even against the sometimes-harsh environment of the home’s exposed coastal setting.

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