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Specht Architects creates austere glass house in the Berkshires

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Specht Architects has designed a symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires in Massachusetts that was created as a residence and a place to showcase antiques. metre) wide porch that wraps around the entire house and shades the interior spaces, reducing the home's heating and cooling load. The terrace is natural concrete.

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Pierre Koenig’s last completed project, the Schwartz House, listed for over $4 million

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Pierre Koenig’s Schwartz House has been listed for sale in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles. By contrast, the four columns and external staircase are finished in black paint. Built in 1994, the home is the last project Koening completed, uniquely built on four structural steel beams. Image credit: Cameron Caro.

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"Oozy mortar" gives textured finish to brick home in Australia by Studio Roam

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Oozing mortar joints create a "crusty crown" for The Brick House, a family home in Perth , Australia that has recently been completed by local practice Studio Roam. At the front of the eastern portion of the site, the garage is housed in a lightweight metal structure clad with translucent panels. The photography is by Jack Lovel.

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La Base Studio wraps glass Buenos Aires house with shading screen

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Local architecture firm La Base Studio has renovated a glass and concrete home, wrapping it in a delicate privacy and shading screen on a lush site in Buenos Aires , Argentina. Sliding glass doors open to the garden The sliding glass doors open to the garden and pool deck, blurring the interior and exterior relationship.

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Schemata Architects embraces rough material finishes for gallery in Seoul

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The rough finishes of an existing concrete and brick structure are contrasted by white exhibition spaces at Arario Gallery in Seoul , completed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects. The gallery is located at the rear of the Space Group Building, a modernist icon in South Korea that houses the Arario Museum.

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Pierre Koenig’s Steel-and-Glass Schwartz House Hits the Market for $4.6M

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acres From the Agent : " Where Case Study House #22 was a bold experiment that secured the architect’s reputation at a young age, Schwartz House represents his more mature and expressive work, the last project to be completed during his lifetime. Fred Hollingsworth’s Midcentury Lantern House Lists for $3.3M

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DHaus brightens Hertfordshire House with glass extension

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A minimal material palette helps define this glazed extension , which London studio DHaus has added to the back of a house in Hertfordshire, UK. We were interested in creating heavy sculptural forms in a limited material palette with three main elements of concrete, timber and glass."

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