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How to Improve Natural Light and Ventilation in the Bathroom With a Shower Window

ArchDaily

Hidden Garden House. While bedrooms are given priority to choose the most favored spots alongside exterior walls – giving them access to the fresh air , natural light , and better views provided by windows – sanitary spaces are often left to feed from the scraps in the aftermath, afforded only a sliver of external wall, if any.

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Frame House by Studio MBM / Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli

Archinect

The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

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

Deezen

Gridded fibre-cement cladding and a swimming pool with underwater windows feature at the East Van Residence in Vancouver by Canadian firm SMStudio. This house was designed for a small family that loved their neighbourhood but needed a more functional house and floor plan that would suit their lifestyle and needs," the studio said.

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Aireys House uses nature as an architectural canvas

Habitus Living

The captivating union of architecture and nature often yields breathtaking outcomes. Aireys House, a coastal residence conceived by Nicholas Burns, is an example of this synergy. The house is placed snugly between dense eucalyptus and blackwood trees, which renders a mesmerising perspective between the sea and the sky.

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What If You Added a Window?

Dwell

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

Dwell

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

Deezen

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The house presents as two interlocked, stacking boxes – that are meant to weather over time to match the pale grey of the sky – perched on a hillside.

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