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Eight homes where internal windows and partitions maximise light

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While the primary use of windows is for daylight access and ventilation, they can also play a key role in visually connecting spaces within the home. Adding internal windows enables more interaction between adjacent rooms, while allowing light to penetrate further into the home – creating bright and spacious interiors.

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Restored historic paintings cover walls of converted Frescohallen restaurant

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Swedish studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has converted a listed room in Norway into a restaurant , adding an angular mirrored bar and restoring the building's historical frescoes. The artworks are now restored and lit with state-of-the-art lighting." All the dots, in various blue hues, reference the frescoes.

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Atak Architekti creates Liberec library by restoring and extending a former rectory

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Atak Architekti restored and extended a former rectory Looking to maintain the character of the existing building, its deep foundations were used to carve out a semi-recessed basement level, housing reading rooms and spaces to be used by local clubs.

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A Restored 18th-Century Georgian on England’s Southeast Coast Asks £1.3M

Dwell

Thanks to a thoughtful update by the current owner, artist Lucy Lyons, the revived interiors feature a vibrant color palette inspired by the home’s original era. In the entry hallway, "an early-Victorian fluted glass door surrounded by stained-glass windows gives a taste of the color and character to come," says the listing agent.

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Rejecting the Ribbon Window: 7 Architectural Experimentations With Fenestration

Architizer

In his 1927 manifesto, Five Points of Architecture, Le Corbusier made horizontal windows a core concept of his architectural philosophy. These long narrow windows which could wrap around the façade’s length like a ribbon, he argued, were the best way to offer evenly light spaces throughout a building without compromising privacy.

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A Tree House–Inspired Midcentury Home Turns Over a New Leaf

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residence features a graphic facade inspired by the work of Barbara Stauffacher Solomon. Listed for $1.5M, the renovated L.A. Location : 10424 Hebron Lane, Los Angeles, California Price : $1,495,000 Architect : Bill Mack (original); Renovation Architect : Stephen Phillips, FAIA, Ph.D.

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Webber + Studio restore a 1960s midcentury home in Austin

The Spaces

Projecting balconies and eaves and clerestory windows further connect it to its tree-closed surroundings. Frank Lloyd-inspired Vancouver home lists for $5m CAD. The post Webber + Studio restore a 1960s midcentury home in Austin appeared first on The Spaces. Photography: Kuper/ Sotheby’s International Realty.