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

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We chose to utilize a dark cedar exterior to ground the home within the surrounding dunes and a contrasting natural cedar to accentuate the point of entry. 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.

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NWLND Rogiers Vandeputte contrasts red concrete pool house with green landscape

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The architects used red concrete both to contrast with the green landscaping and to reference the nearby brick house. Cutouts in the solid concrete walls were located to frame views of the landscape. Cutouts in the solid concrete walls of the pavilion create framed views of the surrounding landscape. Structural engineer: Util.

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Proctor & Shaw tops London home extension with serrated zinc roof

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From the side, the serrated edge blocks oblique views from the principal first-floor neighbouring windows," Proctor & Shaw director John Proctor told Dezeen. "It It is designed to be pulled back (with the shortest overhang) at the mid-window point to allow the maximum amount of light directly from above."

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Jun Mitsui & Associates convert grocery store into sake brewery in Upstate New York

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and the landscape as an intermediate area, but also gently welcomes visiting guests." A covered walkway leads into a tasting room Floor-to-ceiling windows line the front of the building, which leads into a tasting room for visitors.

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Two Friends Bought Utah Land as College Grads. Now They’ve Built an Off-Grid Retreat for Retirement

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Together, they crafted a modest desert dwelling where the owners could put up their feet in the profound stillness that saturates the desert landscape. Using rugged materials that reflect the desert fabric (Cor-Ten steel, split-face concrete block, and cedar), the structure naturally blends in and ages with its surroundings.

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AECOM and Luis Vidal place sleek red roof on Boston airport terminal

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AECOM and Luis Vidal + Architects have created a terminal for Boston Logan International Airport A massive red roof slopes over the south facade of the terminal, where it was interspersed with windows to create views of the city. On the opposite side, where the gates are, the face of the structure is mostly glass.

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HGX Design creates house that "flows like music" in the Hudson Valley

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It was informed by the low-lying agricultural buildings of the area "Comprised of a series of utilitarian, simple form buildings with a repetitive vertical rhythm, the home's elongated footprint is reminiscent of the long, low-lying characteristics of agricultural buildings that dot the surrounding regional landscape," said the studio.

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