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

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The interior of the home remains clean, simple, and minimal to accentuate a light-filled space that allows the natural outdoor landscaping to be the focus. The house was very inwardly focused with low-lying windows that you couldn’t see out of unless you ducked or sat down. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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Hopson Rodstrom Design creates jagged-roof Los Angeles building with interior courtyard

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Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Its facade is interspersed with many skinny windows The seven-storey structure has a ground-level podium clad in green-painted concrete interspersed with steel gates.

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

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Omar Gandhi clad the home in naturally weathering cedar boards Naturally weathering cedar boards were interspersed with detail elements of Corten steel to form picture frame hoops around the windows. Approaching the building from the public side, a sense of privacy and shelter welcomes visitors," the team said.

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"Bomb blast" window cut into world war two bunker holiday home

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UK studio Corstorphine & Wright has converted a world war two bunker in Dorset, UK, into a holiday home with a blast-shaped window cut in its front. Corstorphine & Wright worked with structural engineer Symmetrys to maintain a sense of history by retaining almost all of the existing structure. "It

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Hacker Architects overhauls Oregon residence with colourful interiors and natural pine finishes

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Portland -based Hacker Architects ' renovation focused on the interiors, which the team described as a "vibrant, nostalgic mix of colours and textures". One way of doing this was by adding in a large window to the main living space. A large window was added to the main living space. Exposed wood creates a cosy atmosphere.

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dMFK Architects restores CFA Voysey's Arts and Crafts factory to its "former glory"

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This included replacing the non-original windows with steel reproductions of the original frames. Throughout, dMFK Architects aimed to draw attention to the building's original structure including its iron columns and shallow, barrow-vaulted concrete ceilings enclosed in corrugated iron shuttering.

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Oriented Strand Board Covers Almost Every Inch of This Australian Cabin’s Interiors

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Photo by Tim Clark Photo by Tim Clark See the full story on Dwell.com: Oriented Strand Board Covers Almost Every Inch of This Australian Cabin’s Interiors Earthy tones and hand-selected, local materials and furnishings throughout the cabin pay homage to the external landscape and give warmth and coziness."