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Thunderbird Heights Residence: Stuart Silk Architects update a mid-century modern residence near Palm Springs, California
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This home is on a plateau above Coachella Valley nestled up against the Santa Rosa Mountains in Rancho Mirage, California. It was originally built in the 1960’s on a large flat property of 1.3 acres. The house sits roughly in the middle of the property and one enters from the driveway through a private courtyard. A swimming pool and spa are sited i...
Project name
Thunderbird Heights Residence
Architecture firm
Stuart Silk Architects
Location
Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Photography
David Papazian
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Wittman Estes: Aldo Beach House, a transformed 1940s beach retreat designed to sit lightly on the land (Hood Canal, WA)
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Aldo Beach House transforms a 1940s beach house into a new multi-generational home—doubling the livable area while lightly touching the delicate ecology of the waterfront. Two shifting wings hover over the hillside and beach supported by thin steel columns and pin piles.
Project name
Aldo Beach House
Architecture firm
Wittman Estes
Location
Hood Canal, WA, USA
Photography
Andrew Pogue
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Lone Madrone, a getaway home designed by Heliotrope Architects is nestled into the landscape of Orcas Island, Washington
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Located on a rocky, wind-swept south facing shoreline; this retreat home nestles into the landscape to harmonize with its surroundings and minimize exposure to weather. The home is a vacation retreat for a family of four, who desired a low-impact home with a strong connection to land and sea.
Project name
Lone Madrone
Architecture firm
Heliotrope Architects
Location
Orcas Island, WA, USA
Photography
Sean Airhart
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Kua Bay Residence, a family retreat in Kona, Hawaii designed by Walker Warner Architects with NICOLEHOLLIS and Lutsko Associates
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Kua Bay Residence, a family retreat designed by Walker Warner Architects with NICOLEHOLLIS and Lutsko Associates is cut into the volcanic landscape to provide an elegant transition from lava to sea.
Project name
Kua Bay Residence
Architecture firm
Walker Warner Architects
Location
Kona, Hawaii
Photography
Douglas Friedman, Laure Joliet, Marion Brenner
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Hacker Architects: Bailey Residence, a vibrant, nostalgic interior renovation of a 1970s condo at Black Butte Ranch in Central Oregon
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The Bailey Residence offered a rare opportunity to renovate the interiors for one of the original 1970s Country House Condos at Central Oregon’s Black Butte Ranch – a beloved family home that had not been updated in many decades.
Project name
Bailey Residence
Architecture firm
Hacker Architects
Location
Black Butte Ranch, Oregon, USA
Photography
Jeremy Bittermann
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Hisel Flynn Architects designs Peacock Farm House in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
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The original Peacock Farm home designed by Walter Pierce is a well-known home from the mid-century modern period, with many examples throughout the west-Boston suburbs. And yet as lovely as these homes are, they suffer from cramped entries, a shortage of storage, lack good home-office options.
Project name
Peacock Farm House
Architecture firm
Hisel Flynn Architects
Location
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Photography
Eric Roth Photography
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GO'C designs the new winery for Alton Wines in Walla Walla, Washington (USA)
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Inhabiting a wave-like landform just outside Walla Walla, Alton Wines nestles itself into an existing cove that is formed by the surrounding vineyards. A long drive from the county road traces the existing vineyards which are carved into the natural terrain. The site itself is an untouched pocket amongst farm land.
Project name
Alton Wines
Architecture firm
GO’C
Location
Walla Walla, Washington, USA
Photography
Kevin Scott
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