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Designing a Nature-Embracing Modern Home in Palo Alto, USA

ArchDaily

Courtesy of Feldman Architecture and Western Window Systems When it came to designing a nature-embracing modern home in Palo Alto, California, USA, architect Tai Ikegami took his responsibility to protect and venerate the magnificent trees on the lot seriously.

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How to Improve Natural Light and Ventilation in the Bathroom With a Shower Window

ArchDaily

Image © Tom Ferguson As one of the smallest spaces in the home , shower rooms often find it difficult to get enough light. Due to issues with privacy and water damage, meanwhile, when a shower room does have the opportunity to add a window, it’s rarely positioned in the shower itself.

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Eight homes with practical and well-designed corner windows

Deezen

Full-height windows, curved glazing and windows that continuously wrap the facades of an extension feature in this lookbook of homes with expansive corner windows. As the centrepiece of the timber-framed extension, the sweeping window curves around a 90-degree angle to create a tranquil corner overlooking the garden.

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Maximizing Natural Light in New Construction and Additions

Santa Cruz Architect

Natural light is an essential design element that profoundly impacts a home’s aesthetics, energy efficiency, and livability. For architects, contractors, and homeowners planning new builds or home additions, incorporating ample daylight into design not only enhances comfort but also adds significant value.

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Brutalist hilltop home evokes an "ancient ruin"

Deezen

Local practice Pedro Domingos Arquitectos used exposed, board-marked concrete to create this brutalist home in Portugal , which features large openings that frame the surrounding landscape. Named Frame House, the four-bedroom home was built on the top of a hill near the village of Santa Brbara de Next.

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Rob Diaz uses all natural materials to build house in Los Angeles

Deezen

Plasterwork influenced by Mallorcan villas lines the walls of this home in Los Angeles that designer Rob Diaz custom built himself. The brief for the four-bedroom, five-bathroom property in Studio City "was to design a home using all natural materials", according to Diaz, who has developed several single-family homes across the city.

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When Natural Disasters Threaten Modernist Icons

Dwell

Photo by Ryan Lester, courtesy Architecture Sarasota The Sanderling Club members haven’t yet decided what it will do about the cabanas, in part because they’re all still dealing with their own homes. It’s everything that people did to their homes in the ’70s and ’80s that we’re having to peel back now.

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