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These Five Homes Get a Fresh Outlook With Custom Windows and Doors

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Despite light’s transformative power, standardized window sizes remain a mainstay in home improvement centers. While there’s nothing wrong with the ease and convenience of stock windows, we know that one size doesn’t (and shouldn’t) always fit all.

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The Art of Placing Windows in Your Home: A Comprehensive Guide to Maximize Light, Air, and Aesthetics 

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Home design is the result of making many decisions. While a set of decisions is involved in it, one of the most powerful decisions includes window placement. The windows are important to ensure savings in energy, natural light, ventilation, and a comfortable environment for living. They may thus help you save on energy costs.

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Different Types of Window Glass for Window Construction

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Although traditional glass windows provide excellent insulation, a range of alternative materials is becoming increasingly popular for window construction. Types of Window Glass Float Glass Source: gharpedia.com Float glass is a large flat glass panel that is floated on the molten tin to create a smooth thin glass panel.

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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. Photo is by Will Pryce.

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Geddes Ulinskas Architects includes cast-glass staircase in San Francisco home

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Local studio Geddes Ulinskas Architects has completed an expansive home in Cow Hollow, San Francisco with indoor-outdoor spaces, a cast glass staircase and stone detailing. The Bay Area studio designed the 12,000-square foot (1,114-square metre) home on a vacant 0.26 The Cow Hollow home is defined by indoor-outdoor spaces.

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SMStudio includes pool with underwater windows in "bold" Vancouver house

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Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. The project's swimming pool features underwater windows The studio conceived a 251-square-metre, three-storey house that was designed to be a "bold yet friendly addition to the neighbourhood".

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Curving glass walls puncture pink-toned house in Thailand

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A blocky pink form and curving glass walls define House R3, a residence by Bangkok studio PHTAA on a compact roadside site in Thailand. Made from concrete, the 400-square-metre home features living spaces across five levels to maximise the available space for a family of five. The photography is by Kukkong Thirathomrongkiat.

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