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A Round and Around Home Renovation / HAMS and, Studio

ArchDaily

When you open a window, cars and trains race around from city to city. Completed in 2024 in Japan. Images by Akira Nakamura. When you open a book, words whirl around in your mind. The inside and outside.

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House with pink windows by Objekt Architecten

Archinect

Moreover, the rear of the house is bathed in light thanks to the large window. During the renovation, the entire roof was renewed. The kitchen takes a central place in the house. From the kitchen, residents are in contact with all the rooms on the ground floor.

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Eight tranquil interiors where oversized windows frame lush views

Deezen

This week's lookbook explores eight peaceful residential interiors that feature expansive glazing and floor-to-ceiling windows framing verdant views. These eight projects all use oversized or unusually shaped windows in clever ways, creating interiors that embrace nature and forge welcome connections to the outdoors.

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Eight home interiors brightened by clerestory windows

Deezen

Clerestory windows typically refer to a strip of glazing situated at the very top of a wall, or above eye-level, positioned just beneath the roof to draw in daylight. While traditionally coined in reference to the highest storey of clear glazing in a church or cathedral, clerestory windows are increasingly used in residential projects.

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SSdH renovates "tectonic and functional" 1970s house in Melbourne

Deezen

Australian practice SSdH has completed Stewart House, the renovation of a home in Melbourne that preserves the brick-clad building's original 1970s character. Prioritising maximising light in the home, SSdH replaced its rear wall with a full-height, aluminium-framed window.

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Byró Architekti "blurs old and new" at renovated House in Kutná Hora

Deezen

Prague studio Byró Architekti has renovated a 19th-century house in the Czech town of Kutná Hora, adding unexpected openings and colourful joinery that create a playful contrast with the original interior. Internal windows and glass-block walls were added on each level to provide a visual connection to the living spaces.

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Yoghurt window coating proposed as emergency heatwave measure

Deezen

British engineer Tom Greenhill has proposed a low-cost, low-energy solution for keeping UK homes cool in a heatwave: painting the outside of windows with yoghurt. Greenhill admits that this may seem like a "totally eccentric idea". Greenhill admits that this may seem like a "totally eccentric idea".

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