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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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This Wood, Glass, and Metal Cabin Hovers Above the Forest Floor in Chile

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First, the roof ridge was located in the center of the volume, to allow for the highest interior space. Secondly, the entire facade in this segment is made of glass, even above the sliding glass doors. Due to a limited budget, the house was very simple in terms of finishing. Have one to share? Post it here.

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ACFD Architecture wraps glass home around apple tree in Quebec

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The Apple Tree House is a modernist-style glass residence. ACDF Architecture arranged the structure around an apple tree. Glass walls throughout the public areas of the home give sightlines of the tree and the other living areas from a variety of different positions. Structural engineer: Poincaré – Paul-Henry Boutros.

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Charles F. Bloszies inserts glass addition into San Francisco cathedral complex

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The studio added a metal and glass extension to the school The extension included the "careful inssertaion" of a modern, glass-lined structure between the cathedral and the school. For the restoration, the team revamped large portions of the school building's, extending the programme of the addition's interior throughout.

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PDP refurbishes art deco office block with jewel-like extensions in glass and steel

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London practice PDP has renovated Eighty Strand, an art deco office building on the Strand, restoring its original finishes and complementing them with glazed pavilions that reference the style's geometric forms. The studio added glass and steel extensions that have an art deco look. Photo by Andrew Meredith.

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Heliotrope uses "warm and subdued" materials for Seattle house extension

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Wood was used for the structural system, and exterior walls were clad in materials influenced by the original home. Neutral hues feature on the interior "The exterior finishes of brick and stained wood are warm and subdued, matching the tone of the old house and blending into the landscape," the team said.

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Wheeler Kearns wraps Michigan lake house with two tones of wood

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The second floor of the house interlocks domestic black locust boards that weather with a silver finish Selected to echo the surrounding woodlands, the ground floor is wrapped in Accoya tongue-and-groove siding stained dark and milled into narrow vertical slats to serve as a textured reference to tree trucks. The photography is by Steve Hall.

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