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CONTENTS
features
90 98 104 112 120
ON THE COVER: Sunny Afternoon Back to Life Coming Home Protect and Sound and
A Silicon Valley home Preserve Vision
Wrapped in zinc, A black-and-white Working around
by Craig Steely explores
minimalism (page 90).
aluminum, and glass, palette and state-of- a treasured oak tree, A charred-cedar In New Haven,
PHOTO BY
a gleaming cantile- the-art kitchen bring a family expands facade distinguishes Connecticut, a
Darren Bradley vered residence an 1880s apartment their Mill Valley a secluded lakefront derelict firehouse is
appears to float in the in Sweden into the cottage while keep- getaway in Leelanau reborn as a combina-
foothills of the Santa 21st century. ing its compact County, Michigan. tion recording studio,
ABOVE:
The Japanese art of Cruz Mountains. TEXT
charm intact. music venue, bar,
TEXT
shou sugi ban enhances TEXT Amanda Dameron TEXT Sarah Cox and artists’ hostel.
a Lake Michigan Sam Lubell PHOTOS Deborah Bishop PHOTOS TEXT
dwelling (page 112). PHOTOS Birgitta Wolfgang PHOTOS Ike Edeani Luke Hopping
PHOTO BY Ike Edeani Darren Bradley Drejer Joe Fletcher
PHOTOS
Christopher Testani

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13 Editor’s Letter
16 Community
154 Sourcing
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156 Finishing Touch
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September/October 2017
27 Modern World
Our annual compendium of excit-
ing new talents in the design
industry features profiles of
young creative types from all over
the globe. Canvassing interna-
tional exhibitions and collaborat-
ing with leaders in the field, we
selected more than two dozen
men and women at the forefront
of tomorrow’s design landscape.
44 Process
At a 30-year-old tile company
in Aromas, California, everything
is made to order and produced
meticulously by hand.
TEXT BY Kelly Vencill Sanchez
PHOTOS BY Jamie Chung
128
Emerging designers like Brooklyn-based
Bowen Liu, creator of the Fin High Stool (left), are
showcased in “Young Guns” (page 27).
CONTENTS
52 Small Spaces 86 Profile
A Japanese sensibility informs Nina Libeskind, cofounder of
a remote cabin in North Carolina. Studio Libeskind, talks about
TEXT BY J. Michael Welton her company role, her Canadian
PHOTOS BY Adrian Gaut roots, and the studio’s latest
project, the National Holocaust
62 Renovation Monument in Ottawa.
TEXT BY Alex Bozikovic
Blending the best of old
and new, a ballplayer PHOTO BY Wesley Mann
and his wife remake a
Victorian house in Denver. 128 Small Spaces
TEXT BYRay Mark Rinaldi An architect and a photographer
PHOTOS BY David Lauer turn a 720-square-foot apartment
in Buenos Aires into a flexible
72 Outside space for living and working.
Respect for the land guides the TEXT BY Nicolás Kedzierski
creation of a tiny, two-pavilion PHOTOS BY Brian W. Ferry
retreat in Upcountry Maui.
TEXT BY Kelly Vencill Sanchez 138 Interior Design
PHOTOS BY Olivier Koning Riotous pattern and color
invigorate a midcentury
78 Prefab high-rise condo in Chicago.
A semi-modular home in TEXT BY Winifred Bird
Tasmania provides stunning vistas PHOTOS BY Mike Schwartz
and security from bushfires.
TEXT BY Susanne Kennedy
PHOTOS BY James Silverman
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Tomorrow’s success depends on the good

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If there has ever been an age in which pro-
gressive design thinking is required, surely this
is it. Designers, architects, engineers, builders,
innovators of all stripes: We need your ideas,
your grasp of beauty, your rejection of banality
and cynicism. The gifts of the creative mind
must lead the way.
Pleasant images of enviable homes are one
thing, but architects exploring new materials
and techniques are the real focus of our
admiration. On Tasmania, an island state of
Australia, a partially prefab retreat is sur-
rounded by Tasman gold gravel to ward off the
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@ArchitectMM
I wanted to tell you that I appreci-
ated the focus on “making” and
craft this last issue. The issue was
rich with ideas, images, diagrams
and details. I know this is satisfy-
ing to designers, who have an
inherent curiosity about how
details come together to create
vibrant space, but the depth of
reporting also helps raise aware-
ness in homeowners that good
design isn’t a commodity . . . a lot
of thought and craft and focused
work goes into it. —Dan Maginn
House of
In fits and bursts, the evolution of the smart home continues.
The ubiquitous smart-
phone aside, last
year, according to
Forrester Research,
just 6 percent of
American households
had a smart device—
electronics like speak-
ers or lights that can
connect wirelessly to
other objects and
perform some aspect
of daily home life.
That’s fewer than one
might expect from
listening to industry
analysts, many of
whom see a perpetu-
ally bright future for
the Internet of Things.
The consulting firm
Bain & Company fore-
casts that annual
revenues for IoT ven-
46
I strongly recommend any lovers
of architecture to make time to
visit Columbus, Indiana. It gave
me a whole new perspective on
and appreciation for design.
—Creede Fitch
This illustrated walk-through
of #SmartHome possibilities is
pretty epic. Nice work,
@LukeHopping & @dwell!
—@SmartestHouse
Highlights from the
July/August 2017 issue
include a glimpse of
Simon Pearce’s glass
factory in Vermont
(below left); a photo-
graphic love letter to
Columbus, Indiana, (left);
and an illustrated primer
on the latest “smart”
products for the
home (below right).
Produced by Illustrations by
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Tomorrow
4
s m a r t te c h
dors could top $470 argument to unplug 2
billion by 2020. What your router posthaste.
accounts for this dis- Yet despite consum-
crepancy between low ers’ tepid response,
participation and huge connectivity contin-
potential? Why aren’t ues to permeate
people racing out right almost every part of 1
now to buy refrigera- domestic life. In the
tors that reorder their following pages, we
5
own groceries or front- explore the smart
door locks that fasten home’s present imper-
PHOTOS: CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH (COLUMBUS, IN), JAMIE CHUNG (SIMON PEARCE)
themselves when the fections and its seem-
last light goes out? ingly limitless future,
For starters, it’s gathering Silicon Valley
because owning a insiders, early adopt-
high-tech home isn’t ers, architects, and
simple. The security experts to dig into the
and privacy headaches current state of home
of being surrounded automation. We also
by Internet-connected shine a light on a mul-
objects are unsettling titude of gadgets and
enough. Add in the appliances that can
fact that the present connect, sense, learn,
smart-tech landscape listen, talk, or—one
can be frustrating, full hopes—just make life
of complicated devices a little easier.
aligned with rival fac-
tions that don’t want
to work together (eco-
systems like those run
by Google, Amazon,
and Apple), and you
have a compelling
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I read “The House of Tomorrow”
with great interest. The more we
integrate “smart” devices into our
lives, the greater the risk if they
fail. After the chaos that resulted
from the Quebec and New York
power blackouts, it might be wise
not to go overboard embracing
the “smart house.” As an experi-
ment, try to function for just one
day without using any device con-
taining a computer chip. My guess
is, you can’t. —Jane Hughes
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Our thoroughly reno- I love clients who Does art interfere I think art has As owners designing
vated home (formerly have an art collection! with life? I don’t think a direct influence a home in which to
a classic 1955 ranch, Actually, I love clients either question on architecture. Art feature our art col-
now minimalist and who collect anything! warrants exposition. collectors tend to lection, we had many
modern) has given us The process of CC Hampton be passionate about discussions on
what we most wanted: collecting helps to their collection and enlarging walls and
great spaces. We’re sharpen a person’s prioritize it during doors, deleting walls,
being very careful to eye for proportion, design. Alternatively, and moving doors to
let the house talk and color, and craftsman- and fun in a com- accommodate instal-
being cautious about ship. This translates pletely different way, lations. Art affects
hanging art. into a more meaning- is when the client almost every decision
Daniel Barnes ful dialogue with doesn’t like art, in building a house.
the client throughout but wants the home Candice Goodwin
the design process. to be its own art.
Jason Money Andrew Mikhael

A classic answer is, it depends. It depends on the quality

of both the art and the architecture and whether they
compete with or complement one another. In my home,
I prefer art and photography that has a personal story
associated with it. Therefore, it adds to the home. Lee Calisti

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Adrian Gaut Sam Lubell Christopher Testani Winifred Bird Christopher Theed
Carolina Haiku Sunny Afternoon Sound and Vision Outside the Lines Young Guns
page 52 page 90 page 120 page 138 page 27

Originally from Portland,
Oregon, New York–based
photographer Adrian Gaut
has worked for Condé
Nast Traveler, Architectural
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New York writer Sam
Lubell is the author of
seven books about archi-
tecture and has written
for numerous publica-
Born in upstate New York,
Christopher Testani stud-
ied cinema and photog-
raphy at Ithaca College.
Since 2012, when he
Based in Oregon, Illinois,
Winifred Bird is a journal-
ist covering architecture
and the environment, with
a special interest in tradi-
Christopher Theed is a
freelance illustrator who
grew up in the quiet
town of Sechelt, British
Columbia. His childhood

Digest, Vogue, The Wall
Street Journal, and GQ,
among others. In the last
year, he photographed
projects in more than 10
countries, including China
and the Seychelles. For
Dwell, he visited Scaly
Mountain, North Carolina,
to shoot a little cabin that
is the weekend getaway of
Michael Neiswander and
Nick Corsello. Gaut used
a drone to capture exte-
rior shots of the remote
dwelling, set amid forests
and mountains at the rural
western edge of the state.
tions, including The New
York Times, Wired, The
Atlantic, The Los Angeles
Times, and The Architect’s
Newspaper. He is cur-
rently co-curating a design
exhibition, Never Built
New York, set to open at
the Queens Museum on
September 17. For this
issue, Lubell contributed
a story about a peaceful
retreat located in an oak
grove in the foothills of
the Santa Cruz Mountains.
“Many of us want to be
minimalist and spend
more time in nature,” says
Lubell. “But life—and all
our stuff—gets in the way.
Having fewer choices can
indeed be freeing.”
was selected as one of
Photo District News’s “30
Photographers to Watch,”
his work has appeared on
npr.com and vice.com,
and in print in GQ, Bon
Appétit, The New York
Times Magazine, and else-
where. Testani traveled to
New Haven, Connecticut,
where he photographed a
fire station that was trans-
formed into a recording
studio, live-music venue,
cocktail lounge, and more.
“What surprised me the
most,” he says, “was that,
despite the size and scale,
all areas seemed like a
well-integrated whole.”
Testani now calls Brooklyn
his home.
tional Japanese design.
Her writing has appeared
in such outlets as Interior
Design, The Japan Times,
and Sierra. She visited
Eleni Katsarou’s water-
front midcentury condo
in Chicago, where she
enjoyed views of Lake
Michigan from the 33rd
floor. “My dad grew up
outside of Chicago and
always loved the lake, so
it was fun to see it from
a new perspective,” she
says, “although I did get a
bit of vertigo peering over
the balcony and seeing
a pair of poodles walk-
ing along the edge of the
water like ants.”
passion for art and draw-
ing led him to Vancouver,
where he studied graphic
design at Capilano
University. For this issue,
Christopher illustrated
portraits for “Young Guns,”
our annual package
devoted to emerging
talent. A young designer
himself, Christopher
reflects on which skills he
wishes were stressed
more in school: “There’s
a lot of emphasis on
concepts, which are very
important, but I think that
took away from learning
the software needed to
create them.”

“I love to learn what makes residents tick beyond

their love of good design. Eleni Katsarou is about to
head to Greece as a Fulbright scholar to study
how teachers there are helping refugee kids integrate
into the classrooms.” —Winifred Bird, writer
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 houses we love

Loft Cause
Two artists transform a 19th-century carriage house into
a home where they can both live and create.
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Architect Jeff Jordan

designed plywood
millwork to divide the
2,700-square-foot
space. The nook is
decorated with a
shibori textile made
by resident Bev O’Mara.
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island and countertops
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“We all worked hard to come up with easily

executed yet elegant solutions to space
planning and detailing.” Jeff Jordan, architect
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The couple’s bedroom (far right). The net

(top) holds family seat uses an extension
treasures—a Scott of the handrail as a
Jordan rocker that frame and hangs above
Mark gave Bev when the studio, creating
she was pregnant and an unusual reading
a blanket from their perch. Extra storage
honeymoon in Mexico. is built into the stairs
A collection of art and (near right), where
design resources are CDs, movies, and
stored on bookshelves blankets are kept.
PHOTOS: GREGORY MAKA

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In our annual roundup of exciting talents in the design

industry, we present a roster of up-and-comers making waves on the
global stage. This year we collaborated with Odile Hainaut and
Claire Pijoulat, co-creators of WantedDesign, an increasingly important
platform for designers and artisans.

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modern world
spotlight

YURI
HIMUR o
LO CATIO N
Tokyo
E D U CATIO N
Tama Art University
& Aalto University

Yuri Himuro left her job

DI I IS
LO CAT IO N
Basel
E D U CAT I O N
Roser: Lucerne University of Applied
Sciences and Arts Staub: The
University of Applied Sciences and
Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Susanne Roser and Martina Staub
debuted as Diiis Designstudio in 2015,
and in the scant years since have
introduced a slew of clever, sophisti-
cated pieces for the home—from Sedo,
a combination hand mirror, container
and jewelry box, to Glaubi, a coat
hanger that offers much more than a
place to hang a hat (think mirrors and
rotating surfaces for keys). Working
with quality organic materials, the pair
are winning accolades, including a
recent nomination for the 2018 German
Design Awards. —MEGHAN DWYER
at a major necktie brand to
start her own cutting-edge
textile firm. Launched this
year at the prestigious Milan
furniture fair, her Snip Snap
Series allows users to cus-
tomize their own fabric by
cutting away at five different
scenes, revealing hidden create the double-layered
motifs. In a pattern depicting fabric, Himuro had to
a mountain village, the green develop a new jacquard
INDUSTRY of a cypress forest can be weaving technique. She
snipped away to expose blue hopes her innovation will
FELLOWSHIP
waters. Cut away at a scene help people “cultivate a
Helping hands are of people digging for dino- sense of emotional attach-
essential for a saur bones, and other arche- ment to their belongings.”
young designer’s ological finds appear. To —JOANNE FURIO
career. A coalition
of established
brands pitches in.
Be Original Americas,
a nonprofit committed
to educating and
influencing designers,
businesses, and the
greater public on the
value of authentic

ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED

ZSUZSA N N A design, kicked off
a fellowship program
H 0 R VAT H in 2016 to award
young designers in the
LO CAT IO N United States with
Helsinki a chance to meet with
E D UCAT IO N
and learn from top
Budapest University of Technology companies. The pro-
and Economics & Aalto University gram is a seven-week
School of Arts, Design and journey through the
Architecture design industry, hosted
by various members
Zsuzsanna Horvath’s architectural of Be Original, such
background shines through in the as Herman Miller,
Bernhardt Design,
meticulous compositions of her prod-
Maya Romanoff, and
ucts (previous page). Originally from
Emeco. This year,
Budapest, the recent grad of Helsinki’s
the project culminated
Aalto University turned heads earlier
in a presentation by
this year at the Stockholm Furniture
fellowship winners
and Light Fair with her experiments
Tom Groom and Irene
using a laser cutter to create 3D Lee. Applications for
objects from 2D sheets, with gravity 2018 are now open.
acting on thin birch plywood to give
it its sculptural form. —TIFFANY ORVET beoriginalamericas.com

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The caves of western Belize are not your ordinary geological wonders—
they are sacred corridors where the ancient Maya believed souls
traveled into the afterlife. Today, you can still see artifacts, markings
and more inside these mysterious caverns. If you seek adventure,
come find it in western Belize.
Learn more about this curious place at travelbelize.org
modern world
spotlight

KO S MOS
P R 0J E C T
LO CAT IO N
Warsaw
E D UCAT IO N
Bochen & Jelski: Warsaw
Academy of Fine Arts Bochen:
University of Technology in
Milan Jelski: Academy of Art
& Design in Stuttgart

Designers Ewa Bochen and

Maciej Jelski are behind Kosmos
Project, which could, at first
glance, be taken as a cheerfully
on-trend mash-up of tribal
motifs and Memphis elements.
But there’s something deeper
going on, a greater cohesion.
Take the Transition chair: The
shape of the backrest echoes
the shield of an ancient warrior
and the seat is painted in
a shade called “holy green.”
It’s clear the duo hopes to con-
nect with and revive human
spirituality. —TO

A LBE RTO BE L L A M 0 LI
LO CAT I O N E DU CATION
Kolding, Denmark Design School Kolding
& Stallavena, Italy & Polytechnic University of Milan

Industrial designer Alberto Bellamoli is having a busy year. His creations have appeared
in multiple curated shows, including the Pure Talents exhibition in Cologne, Germany, and
Greenhouse at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair in Sweden. One of his most
recent pieces, the Làsta table, is made of pink marble harvested from the hills of Verona.
In collaboration with Jonathan Hotz, Bellamoli shaped the piece using a CNC machine. —MD LU C E
C0U ILLE T
LO CATIO N
Aubervilliers, France
E D U CATIO N
Reims School of Art and
Design & National School of
Industrial Design in Paris PHOTO: STEFANO BELLAMOLI (ALBERTO BALLAMOLI)

Luce Couillet is as much an

inventor as a designer, using
artisanal weaving processes to
create new textiles. At her R&D
studio Matières Ouvertes, she’s
built a library of new materials
for high fashion, sports, medi-
cine, and interior design. Her
dramatic Julio hanging mobiles,
which double as room dividers,
are laser-cut wood or paper
pieces that are hand-woven
together in works of architec-
tural proportions, creating a
hypnotic game of shadows. —TO

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modern world
spotlight

KI M
MAR KE L AN0N Y
LO CAT I O N LO CATIO N E D U CATIO N
Beacon, New York Toronto Lo: OCAD University Ryan: Humber College
E DU CAT I O N of Applied Arts and Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Christian Lo and David Ryan met while working for a large
With a mother who was an artist and a design office where they both did freelance lighting projects
master-craftsman father who she says without receiving any design credit. Two years ago they went
could “build anything and turn it to gold,” out on their own, naming their company Anony. They began
it’s no surprise that Kim Markel became creating lighting installations for designers and architects, but
a designer, albeit after an eight-year detour last year they produced a residential line that won a Best
working in public policy. “I missed making Collection award at IDS, Canada’s major interior design show.
things,” she says. She describes her trans- “We design with the life cycle of the product in mind,” says
lucent Glow chairs as a passion project Lo. “We think about every user and make the lights easy to
that took off, noting that they have the qual- install and understand without a manual.” —AH
ities of childhood objects: “Their scale,
unexpected color, and handmade texture
all create a sense of unbridled reality and
strange magic.” An environmentalist, she
DESIGN
RESIDENCY
A global program
explores the inter-
section of practice
and theory.

Fabrica is a communi-
cations research
center based in Treviso,
Italy, established
in 1994 by Luciano

ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED. PHOTO: THE PRIMARY STUDIO (LEE).

Benetton. Its residency
program offers young
people from around
the world a one-year
scholarship, including
a round-trip ticket to
Italy, enabling a highly 0 L I VIA L EE
diverse group of
designers/artists to LO CATIO N E D U CATIO N
acquire real-world Singapore Central Saint Martins College of Art
experience. The goal and Design
is to inspire “social
catalysts” who, at Olivia Lee had Asian city dwellers in mind when she con-
the end of their time ceived Float, a table that appears to contain lotus leaves in
at the center, will water. “Nature is important and symbolic in Asia, especially
continue their work in Southeast Asia,” says Lee. In Eastern cultures, water repre-
independently. sents tranquility and fortune, while the lotus symbolizes
enlightenment and rebirth. Float, however, is an illusion. The
fabrica.it
“water” is clear resin cast around lotus leaves. Such sleight
of hand results from working in the studio of British designer
Sebastian Bergne after college. “His joyful and witty approach
to his own practice always stayed with me,” she says. —JF

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 UNEXPECTED
PATHWAYS
ASSA F
Innovative programs
offer students new I S R AEL
directions for study.
LO CAT I O N
Alongside such cross- Tel Aviv & Milan
disciplinary experts as E D U CAT I O N
industrial designer and Bezalel Academy
biodesigner Guillian of Art and Design
Graves, students at the
Design and Sciences Simple, flowing lines that avoid
Program at ENSCI-Les unnecessary details are typical of
Ateliers examine cul- designer Assaf Israel’s work and
ture, design, and sci- are brought together with perfect
ence. Previous projects restraint in his Daydream lounger.
include Mos(KIT)o kit, The seat consists of two identical
a system designed for cushioned panels that interlock,
local governments to creating a fragile-looking shape that
detect and create maps
supports one person in a meditative
of areas populated
recline, or two people in meaningful
by mosquitos infected
exchange. “I wanted to create
with arboviruses.
an object that will remind us of the
It won Gold last year
importance of taking a break and
at the international
connecting to ourselves in order
Genetically Engineered
Machine competition to reload,” says the designer. The
held in Boston. founder of Joynout Studio, he
divides his time between Northern
ensci.com Italy and his native Israel. —TO

SAMY RI 0
PHOTO: FRANCESCO BOLIS (ISRAEL)

LO CAT I O N E D UCAT I O N
Paris National School of Industrial Design in Paris

Samy Rio started out studying cabinetmaking but found he was

more interested in the production than the product. Fascinated by the
bamboo trees in a park near his home, he began to design with the
material. He created the Bamboo lantern on a trip to Taiwan, where he
worked with the national center for crafts. It won several awards and
commissions, and jump-started his career. Rio has expanded to other
materials but is still determined to find a way to get bamboo into
industrial production. —AH

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spotlight

MALTE TALLER
LO CAT IO N
Mexico City
E D U CAT IO N
Deni Correa: National Institute of Fine

Agis: self-taught

Malte Taller, run by three sisters—

Deni Correa, Urani Correa, and Zzabi
Olaria Agis—takes traditional pewter
kitchen utensils and enamels them with
black-and-silver designs, often inspired
by pre-Hispanic Mexican geometries.
The women credit a blue-speckled
enameled bowl that their grandfather
kept on his table with introducing them
to the medium. Their playful designs
are applied by silkscreen and then baked
at 1,470 degrees, so the patterns won’t
fade. Like their abuelo’s bowl, Malte
E M ILI ANO
Taller’s pieces should last a lifetime.
—EILEEN SMITH M 0 L INA
LO CAT I O N
Mexico City
E D U CAT I O N
Ibero-American University

When Emiliano Molina first presented the pro-

totype of his Finger chair to workshops, no
one would make it, saying that it was too frag-
ile and would break. He finally found a friend
willing to undertake the project, but even the

ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED. PHOTO: MASAYUKI HAYASHI (WE+)

WE +
LO CAT I O N E DU CAT I O N
Tokyo Hayashi: Hitotsubashi University
Ando: Central Saint Martins College
of Art and Design

“Wax is easy to use and can be reused simply by melting it,

making it a versatile and harmless material for us and the
environment,” says Toshiya Hayashi, who, with Hokuto Ando,
founded the design firm we+ in 2013. Their Disguise vases
are created by hand by molding layers of the material in
a rotary motion. Inspired by Olafur Eliasson and Tokujin
Yoshioka, they added light and motion. LED lighting illumi-
nates the vases from below, while a small motor creates
ripples in the water that are reflected by the light. The result:
translucent, moon-like objects with movement and a lumi-
nous glow. Flowers optional. —JF

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modern world
spotlight

TALENT
SHOWCASES

L A NI A global circuit of
trade shows gives
young designers
A DE 0YE valuable visibility.

LO CAT IO N E D UCAT IO N Greenhouse at the

New York McGill University & Parsons Stockholm Furniture
School of Design and Light Fair
Stockholm, Sweden
“Design is a form of communication,” says Submission deadline:
Lani Adeoye, who has lived in such disparate September 22, 2017
locations as Montreal, Lagos, and New York. A juried exhibition for
She’s right. Objects speak to each other all the unestablished design-
time—echoing one another’s form or style. ers and schools.
Adeoye’s Talking tables “derive their essence stockholmfurniture
from instruments,” she says, being inspired by lightfair.se
the dundun, or “talking drums,” of West Africa.
Made of hand-turned wood, steel, and woven SaloneSatellite at
leather, they reinterpret the drums’ silhouette Salone del Mobile
into a contemporary idiom with a removable Milan, Italy
tray top. —ZACHARY SACHS Submissions deadline:
August 2018 for 2019.
Open to architects
and designers under
the age of 35.

salonemilano.it

Pure Talents at
immCologne
Cologne, Germany
Submissions deadline:
September 22, 2017
Forum for young
designers, institutions,
and universities

imm-cologne.com MARYAM TUR KE Y

The Launch Pad at LO CAT I O N E D U CAT I O N
ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED

WantedDesign New York Pratt Institute

New York, New York
Submissions deadline: Maryam Turkey, a refugee from Iraq via Syria—where
January 15, 2018 she had to stay for three years before being allowed into
the United States—became a designer to help solve prob-
A juried selection of
lems. “I want to make things people need, not just want,”
works by independent
she says. But Turkey has an equally strong artistic side,
designers and small
companies looking for expressed in work like her Vaza vase. She used asymmetry
manufacturers. to create a dynamic form that acts as a foil to the organic
curves of the flowers within it. She also added an opening
wanteddesignnyc.com in the center to expose the usually hidden plant stems. —AH

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modern world
spotlight

DAISU K E KI TAGAWA
LO CATIO N E D U CATIO N
Tokyo Kanazawa College of Art

“I’m not designing products to be ‘new and fun,’ but products that I, or someone like
me, will want to incorporate into their space,” says designer Daisuke Kitagawa. For his
A NIA Floe table, planes of tinted glass top a stainless steel base. The glass sections can be

WOL 0 WSK A rearranged, altering the dimensionality of the piece, like a tightly stacked Donald Judd
sculpture. Kitagawa’s method is driven by observation. “First, I study the history and
current situation of the product category,” he says, “and then I doubt them.” —ZS
LO CAT I O N
Bacalar, Mexico
E DUCAT I O N
Academy of Fine Arts
in Warsaw, Centro in
Mexico City

“I believe in quality, in hav-

ing fewer possessions, but
ones that last a lifetime,” says
Ania Wolowska, who studied
in Poland and then Mexico,
where she relocated in 2010.
Her studio, ITZ, produces
furniture that combines
European modernism’s quest
for perfection with the rich
grain of local hardwoods
and traditional craftsmanship.
“Our productions are hand-
made. We don’t use any
automated machinery or
CNC routers,” Wolowska says.
For her Chamak low table,
she worked with lathe master
Luis Alarcon to fine-tune
the proportions. —ZS

V ISIBILI T Y
LO CATIO N
New York City
E D U CATIO N
Rhode Island School
of Design

A heightened sensitivity to vernacular

design informs the work of Sina Sohrab
and Joseph Guerra, who met at school
and founded their design firm, Visibility,
in Manhattan. Their matching gunmetal
steel shaving brush and basin, which can
be used to hold shaving cream, echo
the silhouette of a mortar and pestle.
“We approach the human scale in a
familiar yet nuanced way,” Sohrab says.
“The ritual of shaving is both ceremo-
nial and cleansing, and the design
reflects these qualities.” —ZS

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Create a home
both separate from
& intertwined with nature.
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modern world
spotlight
AGATA
N 0 WAK
LO CAT I O N
Warsaw
E DUCAT I O N
De Montfort University
& The University of Fine
Arts in Poznan
Agata Nowak puts function-
ality first in a range of
friendly designs that are
simple but clever. “I appre-
ciate projects that respond
to actual problems,” she
says. This is what led to her
conceptual line of furniture
for kids. Understanding how
children like to bounce
around their rooms, Nowak
created a safe space full
of gentle curves rather than
sharp corners. For the
next user problem she takes
on, she’d like to work on
a more subconscious level,
exploring new kinds of
mood lighting and haptic
materials. —TO
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N KUL I
ML A NGE N I
LO CATIO N E D U CATIO N
Johannesburg Kaospilots
For Nkuli Mlangeni and her Ninevites
collective, cultural exchange is both a
working method and a source of inspi-
ration. Her Sankara rugs, based on the
patterns of the Nguli people in South
Africa, are developed with graphic
designers in Spain and Africa. Using
textiles sourced from Namibia, they
are woven and hand-dyed in Peru.
“I loved their style of weaving, but
I also felt there wasn’t much trade
happening between the African conti-
nent and South America, and I wanted
to explore that.” Mlageni hopes the
rugs will resonate in an even larger
global context that reflects the process
of their creation. —ZS
CONNECTION
THROUGH
LEADERSHIP
Design communities
are made stronger
and more vital by
“connectors.”
Ravi Naidoo founded
Interactive Africa and
Design Indaba in Cape
Town, South Africa,
to create a platform
for global design dis-
course. After two
decades, his vision has
become the Design
Indaba Festival, an
annual celebration of
the innovation, cre-
ativity, and design
thinking emanating
from South Africa.
Fueled by a desire to
support and mentor
the next generation,
ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED
Naidoo initiated a pro-
gram called Emerging
Creatives that con-
nects young South
African artisans,
designers, and archi-
tects with local
and international
influencers.
designindaba.com
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 A DV E R T I S M E N T
Picturesque Views Connect
a Family to the Outdoors in
British Columbia
A family builds their dream home on a pine tree-covered hill,
capturing views of Canada’s shimmering Okanagan Lake.
Shannon and her husband Cory were home shopping in the
lake-side city of Kelowna, BC, which is on the eastern shore of
Okanagan Lake. Nearly 13 years ago, Cory was playing hockey in
the NHL and Shannon was pregnant with their first child when
they happened upon a house that they would later overturn to
build something more in line with their minimal aesthetic. “The
property itself was absolutely stunning, situated right on the lake,”
says Shannon, “but the house wasn’t what we were looking for.”
With a growing family on the way, they immediately snatched up
the property and held onto it until they could build their dream
home on the lot and reside in Canada permanently, once Cory left
the NHL.
“I had 10 years to design the perfect home for our family,” says
Shannon. During that time, she was a police officer in downtown
Edmonton, while Cory was constantly training and traveling from
city to city. Having been a family that was always moving around,
they wanted comfort—a space where they could entertain their
family and friends.
“We wanted tons of light and the most amount of glass we could
manage,” says Shannon. Installing Kolbe’s VistaLuxe® Collection
windows and doors throughout allowed them to create a social
atmosphere with scenic views. “Having large glass doors that
slide open to the outside pool deck makes it easy for everyone to
enjoy the outside from most parts of the home,” says Shannon.
The oversized VistaLuxe Collection windows allow the boundary
between inside and outside to evaporate, creating a minimalist
design that is intricately connected to the outdoors.
process

Pieces in Fireclay Tile’s Maze pattern

are seen ready for their final firing
in an electric Skutt kiln. The glazes
will darken over the course of 10
hours, during which time tempera-
tures will approach 2,000 degrees.

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Feat of Clay Age-old techniques

meet modern innovation at a
handmade-tile company in California.

There’s a controlled bustle inside

Fireclay Tile’s factory in tiny Aromas,
California. Workers shuttle racks of
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Senior glaze technician Mushtaque lead-free glazes in more than

Khan sifts particles at the com- a hundred colors, along with
pany’s factory near Salinas. All custom shades. “We have trouble
tiles at Fireclay are made to order saying no to color,” says founder
by hand. The firm creates its own and chief ceramicist Paul Burns.

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 COLLECTIVE EFFORT
No fewer than seven people play a part in creating each tile produced at Fireclay,
which was founded in 1986. Hand-painted patterns like the Agrarian collection’s Maze, whose steps are
outlined here, require an extra human touch.

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to use recycled porcelain from toilets
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of the local quarry asked if Fireclay wanted
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Burns didn’t hesitate.
“I spent a year trying to make a tile that
was eighty or ninety percent recycled
material, but it looked recycled,” he recalls.
Undeterred, Burns tinkered with his for-
mula to come up with a product that had
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glass from postconsumer bottles also
found its way into production, and today
the company’s recycled clay body—its big-
gest seller—is made up of about 25 percent
glass waste and 30 percent granite waste.
Burns and his staff of some 65 crafts-
people embrace the challenges of making
tile to order. Last year, a customer in Texas
requested a particular shade of maroon.
“Normally,” says Burns, “we ask for a paint
chip, but when I opened the package it was
an old T-shirt—the guy had sent his A&M
T-shirt. Maroon is a hard color to do in
ceramics, but that’s what he wanted.”

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 process

 Dz

EXTRUSION, PART I EXTRUSION, PART II

$:I654=2J>@G6D@?24@?G6J6C36=EE@jE96!F?:@COl Wet clay is packed into the extruder and ribbons of
2
OWA@F?56IECF56C3F:=E3JE96'=J>@FE9#@4@>@E:G6 compressed clay emerge continuously before going to the
Company in the 1940s. It pumps out enough compressed “cookie-cutter,” which is connected to the Junior.
clay each day for an estimated 2,500 square feet of tiles.

Ȃ 

CUTTING DRYING
Extruded clay is trimmed into nine-by-nine-inch Damp tiles go in an industrial dryer for about 12 hours
squares. The excess is sent back to the extruder by a E@C6>@G66I46DD>@:DEFC6367@C6E96:CƎCDEƎC:?82E
4@?G6J6C36=EOD@?@>2E6C:2=:DH2DE65N nearly 2,000 degrees. Once fired, tile is called “bisque.”

47
process

RECTIFYING PATTERNING
+963:DBF6E:=6D2C6E96?C64E:Ǝ65Y4FE5@H?E@6:89EW3JW Using a method inspired by the cuerda seca technique,
eight-inch squares with a saw. The precise edges are essential hand-painted tiles are screen-printed with a dry line formula
for the next step: screen-printing. >256H:E9@:=@CH2IE@<66A8=2K6DD6A2C2E65FC:?8ƎC:?8N

Ʊ Ǐʲ

MIXING PIGMENTS GLAZING

The glaze particles—composed of silica, Glaze is squeezed onto printed tiles from
>6E2=@I:56DO4@=@C2?EDO2?5@A24:Ǝ6CDY2C6H6:8965O needle-tipped bottles, a job that requires a steady hand
mixed, and sifted, then blended with to keep the color within the lines.
water before they’re applied to each tile. +96E:=6DE96?>2<6E96:CƎ?2=EC:AE@E96<:=?N

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ŹAĚĭļ ñſĚļû ſÓǗÓ ĭƆ ƙĔÓ ĭÓǗÓĭ Ňì
¶ſ ìƙƆķ ļƆĔĚŜ ¶ĔĚÓǗÓÇ Ěļ ĭĭ Ňì ƙĔÓ
ŜſÓǗĚŇƩƆ Ŝ ſƙƆ Ňì ƙĔÓ ŜſҶÓƆƆŬź
Paul Burns, founder and chief ceramicist
process
New this year, the Agrarian
collection features eight patterns,
including Maze, whose concentric
lines evoke circle irrigation systems.
“Our techniques go back hundreds
of years, but we’re constantly
updating them,” says Burns.
49
small spaces TEXT BY PHOTOS BY

J. Michael Welton Adrian Gaut

A little cottage in North Carolina

is furnished with a cluster of wood-
stump end tables by Urbia,
two Eames rockers, and a 16-H
wood-burning stove by Stûv.

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A mountain cabin’s design is
Appalachian by way of Japan.

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The home’s board-and-batten siding The kitchen’s concrete countertop in reclaimed poplar (below right).
is black-stained pine punctuated by is by Dex Industries (below left). An antique barrel chair sits in the
Jeld-Wen windows (left and above). In each room, a single wall was clad master bedroom.

Zen-like in its simplicity, the weekend

home of Michael Neiswander and Nick
Corsello is an Eastern oasis tucked into
the mountains of North Carolina.
Michael is a principal architect at ASD/
Sky and Nick is a media and entertain-
ment attorney. The couple are based in
Atlanta, but when it’s time to decompress,
they head straight to their Scaly Mountain
getaway, 3,500 feet above sea level and
about 90 miles southwest of Asheville, just
across the border from Georgia. At approx-
imately 1,000 square feet, it’s a small,
concrete-and-darkened-wood hideaway,
drawn directly from the little bungalows
they once saw on a trip to Kyoto.
“The detailing with the board-and-bat-
ten is certainly similar,” Michael observes.
“Our inspiration was Japanese shou sugi
ban. The cost of charring cedar pushed it
out of the ballpark, but we still stained the
pine black for that effect.” Roof rafters are
centered so that their spacing aligns with “I usually say it’s Japanese rustic modern—
the boards applied to horizontal siding on
both the exterior and interior. “It sets up
three words that pull all the elements together.”
a nice rhythm and worked out very well NICK CORSELLO, RESIDENT

54 SEPTE M BER/OC TOBER 2017 DWELL

small spaces

“People here are very relaxed. As we turn up the

mountain road, our blood pressure goes down.”
MICHAEL NEISWANDER, ARCHITECT AND RESIDENT

On weekends, architect Michael

Neiswander and his partner, Nick
Corsello, leave their Atlanta loft
and drive to their Scaly Mountain
retreat to be immersed in nature.

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The cold-rolled corrugated-steel look. One of the pitched roofs Neiswander/Corsello Mountain Home N
roofing from B&M Metals will grad- shelters a side deck, which has a
ually rust, achieving a weathered SwingLab bench (bottom). ARCHITECT Michael Neiswander
LOCATION Scaly Mountain, North Carolina

D
C F
G
E
D

A A Entry D Bathroom
Bridge E Deck
B Bedroom F Kitchen
C Master G Living
Bedroom Area

proportionally,” Michael says. “I usually

say the house is Japanese rustic modern—
three words that pull all the elements
together,” Nick adds.
And like the micro-dwellings for which
Japan is known, the house is very clever
with space. A prime example is the kitchen,
which opens out to a 10-by-10-foot deck
overlooking a 180-degree view of forest
and rock-faced mountain ridge. In the
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spring, native mountain laurel, rhododen-

drons, and sourwood bloom alongside
pine trees and oaks. It’s a perfect backdrop
for dining alfresco. “We can pull the furni-
ture out there,” Michael says. “There’s a
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Pine slats, which were intentionally areas add nearly 300 square feet
in the kitchen. When it’s rolled out onto spaced unevenly, partially enclose to the cabin, whose interior mea-
the deck for dinner, it becomes a tall table the side deck (above). Outdoor sures about 1,000 square feet.

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small spaces
For dining outdoors, Restoration
Hardware stools are paired with
movable steel trays. A table that
nests on top of the kitchen counter
can also be wheeled outside.
60
A recessed sliding door by Jeld-
Wen opens from the kitchen onto
a perch deck (below left). Like the
with stools that work with it.”
The couple sited the home on a steep,
35-degree slope, perched on wood piers set
atop concrete foundations. A small core
of concrete block supports the kitchen and
baths above, while protecting pipes and
utilities. An 18-foot wood bridge, with rail-
ings of welded-wire fencing, links a stone
path to the front door. “The front of the
house is about six feet off the ground, and
E96324<@7E969@FD6:DEH6?EJWƎG6E@
thirty feet above it,” Michael says.
entry bridge (below), the deck is
surrounded by welded-wire fencing
made by West Macon Welding.
The property’s altitude makes it rela-
tively free of insects, at least for a forest.
There’s minimal landscaping because of
erosion issues, and, in any case, the pair
wanted to keep the surroundings as natu-
ral as possible. An old mining road now
serves as the primary driveway.
All in all, Michael and Nick have cre-
ated a four-season cottage for themselves,
their families, and friends. “We especially
enjoy it in the winter,” Nick says. “It’s nice
to nestle into.”
SEPTE M BER/OC TOBER 2017 DWELL
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renovation TEXT BY PHOTOS BY

Ray Mark Rinaldi David Lauer

For Kathryn and Josh Thole, Denver

was the perfect catch. Josh, a professional
baseball player now with the Arizona
Diamondbacks organization, is on the
road from mid February to mid October,
leaving just four months a year for the
family to spend time together at home.
Denver, with its central location, sunny
winters, and nearby mountain recreation,
offered a place where the Tholes could
make the most of the off-season.
Finding a house quickly, however,
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snap up one of the city’s many bungalows
or Tudors—marked by classic, middle-of-
the-country charm but also by small rooms
and cramped kitchens—or they could
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character for sleeker design and more
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They were able to get the best of both
worlds by acquiring a late-19th-century
Victorian in the city’s Highland neighbor-
hood in 2013, with plans to invest in a
year-long renovation that would instill it
with a distinctly modern sensibility.
Creating a mash-up of traditional
and modern styles was Kathryn’s idea,
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easy. After a few meetings with a local
The third floor houses the master along the room’s glass partition (not
suite and an 80-square-foot wet shown) capture the flow from twin
room. Existing walls (inset) were Hansgrohe showerheads. The tub is
moved in to create a higher “pinch by Victoria + Albert; the floor, wall,
point” in the gable. Linear drains and ceiling tiles are from Arizona Tile.

Home Base
Putting down roots in Denver, ballplayer Josh Thole
and his family renovate a 19th-century Victorian.
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renovation

Architect Caroline Wilding, then “was left as original as possible,”

of Denver-based Design Platform, she says. Wilding created the chan-
led the renovation. The staircase delier using wires from Color Cord
needed some treads replaced, but and brackets from Home Depot.

An addition created space for a half

bathroom and a mudroom. The sink
is by Signature Hardware; the Luxe
hexagonal tiles from Arizona Tile
were custom arranged by Wilding.

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focus on restoration, it became clear the
relationship wasn’t working. “They were
sticking too much to Victorian,” Kathryn
says, and not enough to modern.
Then she found Design Platform, a
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temporary leanings. Owner Jonas DiCaprio
and then-in-house architect Caroline
Wilding got it right away, says Kathryn,
coming up with a plan to maintain the
home’s essence while accommodating a
workspace for Fig & Fawn, the online chil-
dren’s boutique Kathryn runs with interior
designer Jenny Walsh, as well as room to
display Josh’s growing collection of career
memorabilia and play space for the kids.
Completed in late 2014, the resulting
residence comfortably straddles two eras.
Imbued with both old-world charm and
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brick walls and gabled roofs but is stripped
down inside with a black-and-white color
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Wilding preserved the structure’s tradi-
tional touches where it made sense, keep-
ing the window and door trim in places
and shoring up the elegant but squeaky
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ture clearly in the past.
But she did take a few liberties as part

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“The kitchen, dining area, and
family room were originally three
separate rooms,” says Wilding.
“We opened the space by knocking
down walls and installing two large
flush beams in the ceiling.” The
original kitchen (inset) was located
in what is now the family room.
The walnut cabinetry was designed
by Wilding; shelves have high-output
LED tape routed into a continuous
reveal (bottom) for accent lighting.

of the contemporary update, starting with
the entrance, where the Design Platform
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over the front porch and a simple steel
frame around the door, as if to signal this
is not your grandmother’s Victorian.
When the project started, the home,
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ally two units, “so it involved a lot of undo-
ing the weird decisions that had happened
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areas and pulled it all together with pre-
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then removed most of the rear wall to
install a large set of windows overlooking
the backyard. Rather than repartition the
main space, she built an addition on the
west side of the house to make room for a
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bedrooms for the three Thole children and
a communal play space that’s brightened
with two skylights punched through the
steep gabled roof. The entire level serves
as a bridge between the home’s past and
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serves as a gallery for the family’s sizable
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commemorating the home runs and no-

Thole Residence N hitters that mark Josh’s career as a catcher.
ARCHITECT Design Platform LOCATION Denver, Colorado The biggest challenge—and the biggest
success of the project—was arguably the
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A Porch D Dining Room G Bathroom J Bedroom
B Entrance E Kitchen H Mud Room K Playroom bedroom suite, where an airy and ultra-
C Living Room F Family Room I Guest Room L Office modern perforated-metal staircase replaces
M Wet Room what was once a tiny set of wooden steps.
N Master Closet
O Master Bedroom .:=5:?82=D@925E@H@C<H:E96I:DE:?8
F roof conditions, making the most of the
K compound geometry, and sloped ceilings
so steep they doubled as walls. The set of
G
M constraints inspired a series of spaces that
E G N
D H J J serve as a bathroom, a walk-in closet, and

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Second Floor

Third Floor
a sleeping area. An additional skylight was
G
also installed in the sleeping area at a
B O height that allows it to serve as a low win-
C
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view of downtown Denver, about a mile
away, from the comfort of their bed.
The most notable feature, however, is a
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In the living room, layers of plaster step was added; the black metal gas a rug from Safavieh, and the light
were removed to expose the original insert is by Heat & Glo. Tablo Tables fixture was designed and fabricated
brick fireplace surround, and a brick from Normann Copenhagen sit on by Nathan Warner of Warbach.

68 SEPTE M BER/OC TOBER 2017 DWELL

renovation

The facade was enhanced with a children’s bedrooms and a sunny

new porch, steel canopy, and plant- playroom (below right). The wood
ers, as well as new windows (below floors throughout are prefinished
left). The second floor houses the distressed white oak.

“With all these gables we

ĔÇƙŇñûƩſÓŇƩƙƙĔÓ
right circulation to make
the square footage work.
It created opportunities
that maybe we wouldn’t
have had otherwise.”
CAROLINE WILDING, ARCHITECT

with a freestanding tub and two opposing
showerheads; at 80 square feet, the space
is big enough for the entire family to get
clean all at once.
Wilding, who has since left Design
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Construct Design/Architecture, is grateful
that the Tholes gave her as much free-
dom as they did to create their new space,
although that was something of a neces-
sity. Kathryn was pregnant with the cou-
ple’s third child during the better part of
the construction period, and the family
was far from Denver, traveling on the road
with Josh and his team, then the Toronto
Blue Jays. The architect and client commu-
nicated through a combination of emails,
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“I had two toddlers and a big belly, and
my husband was off playing baseball,” says
Kathryn. “I was a loose cannon.”
But the project succeeded, Wilding
believes, because the two sides trusted each
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connected so much on the aesthetic, I just
felt like I could make decisions for her,”
Wilding says.

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Clad in western red cedar, a studio

called Mauka, Hawaiian for “inland
toward the mountains,” anchors a
getaway in Maui that architect Erin
Moore designed to honor the own-
er’s connection to the land.

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Moore worked with contractor David site. “A big structure would have
Sharp to ensure that the pavilions, been about the house, and not the
each measuring under 120 square place,” she says. “Having multiple
feet, would sit lightly on the sloping units was important.”

Living in harmony with nature means
something a little different to everyone.
For a woman born and raised on Maui, it’s
an idea rooted in her childhood in Wailea,
before the area mushroomed into a boom-
ing tourist destination. “There were just
beautiful beaches and simple single-fam-
ily homes,” she remembers. “We didn’t
spend much time inside.”
When the woman inherited an undevel-
oped plot located on land her family had
visited in rural Upcountry Maui since the
1960s, she didn’t want a permanent resi-
dence as much as a place to recapture the
unrestricted outdoor freedom she’d known
growing up. But how to accomplish that?
After inviting nature writer and phi-
losopher Kathleen Dean Moore to speak at
a land conservation event, she recalled
seeing photos of Moore’s tiny writing stu-
dio, the Watershed, which the writer’s
daughter, architect Erin Moore, had built
for her in Oregon (Dwell, October 2008).
She reached out to the daughter by email
and then the two met over coffee.
Moore, an associate professor in the
University of Oregon’s Department
of Architecture and its Environmental
Studies Program and the founder of
FLOAT Architectural Research and Design,
had declined offers to replicate the Water-
shed, but here was a chance to do a project
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“The question is, how do you take a piece
of land you value because of its wildness
and then build on it in a way that makes it
at least as wild and not less?” she says.
After studying the uneven site, which
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crisscrossed by historic lava rock walls,
Moore, acting here as the designer, devised
two demountable pavilions, Mauka (facing
the mountains) and Makai (facing the sea),
each measuring less than 120 square feet.
The undeveloped areas are as much a part
of the site as the built ones.
Set atop four concrete piers, Mauka is
an enclosed studio situated so that the
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rior before leaving it in shade. With an
open-air deck and kitchen and an outdoor
shower, Makai sits a stone’s throw away,
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Since nearly all lumber in Hawaii is
imported, Moore and the owner thought-
Detailed in cedar paneling and
fully considered their material choices. plywood, Mauka (top and above)
They chose highly sustainable western red was oriented to catch the sunrise.
cedar for Mauka’s east and west facades The table is by Moore’s firm, FLOAT.

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and the interior. For the cladding and deck- Makai’s structural steel components Moore. The open-air shower fea-
ing, the owner suggested juniper, which, were designed by Mark Donofrio tures a screen Moore wove from
and affixed to the lava at four points marine rope (below left), while the
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(bottom). “Because of the angle kitchen contains a Kohler sink and
Northwest. Wanting Makai to have a lighter of the lava, it’s asymmetrical,” says pot racks from IKEA (below right).
feel, Moore collaborated with structural
designer Mark Donofrio on a prefabricated
steel frame that was anchored to the rock
with threaded rods.
Solar- and battery-powered lanterns
provide illumination at night and there’s a
composting toilet on-site. Down the road,
the property is intended to become fully
energy-, water- and waste-independent.
For the owner, the pavilions embody the
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about a relationship of love and respect
for the land,” she says. “Respect leads to
care and stewardship.”
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this year’s University of Hawaii Building
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Moore’s commitment to environmental
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these cultural constructions of ideas
of our role in the natural world,” she says.
“Offering a way of being in Hawaii that
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DESIGNER Erin Moore

LOCATION Maui, Hawaii

A Shower
B Kitchen/
Deck
C Studio
A

Maka
ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

Mauka

“The goal of the design was to amplify the site’s natural phenomena,
so that the luxury comes from the surroundings.” ERIN MOORE, DESIGNER
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Susanne Kennedy James Silverman

Sailing on Land
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ĔŇƩƆÓſĚƆÓƆŇļ ſƩûûÓÇh Ɔķ ļĚ ļŜÓļĚļƆƩĭ Ŭ

Simon and Sarah Younger had only

toyed with the idea of building a new beach
house beside their shack in Dunalley,
Tasmania, when the property was razed by
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cleared, the Youngers turned to architect
Stuart Tanner to design a refuge that
would make them feel safe and still realize
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The Youngers’ new house is “solid and
protecting, yet connected with the vast
landscape and vista across Dunalley Bay,”
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oak timber, glass, and precast concrete,
the semi-modular house has two distinct
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The pavilions are separated by a long deck,
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Wellington and the capital city of Hobart
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“Prior to losing the original house, we’d
been collecting pictures of concrete houses
for the future project, so when we did
rebuild, it was an added bonus that con-
crete gave us safety as well as the aesthetic
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Not only was precast concrete durable,
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 prefab

The Younger family vacation home Tasman gold gravel, which acts as
is a semi-modular structure made a buffer zone in case of a bushfire.
of wood, steel, glass, and pre- A building-height LED light accen-
cast concrete. It’s surrounded by tuates an exterior corner.

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prefab

The dwelling’s concrete slab meets The living area floats atop a deeply
a New Zealand pine deck at the recessed steel-reinforced concrete
custom steel entrance door (below). block structure (below right).

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STUART TANNER, ARCHITECT

The dining table and chairs are by
Charles and Ray Eames. The ceiling,
which extends beyond the building’s
envelope, is made of Tasmanian oak.
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also seemed the best way to address the
project’s other key parameters: a remote
site, a modest budget, and an accelerated
time frame—the Youngers wanted to
enjoy their new house before leaving for
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reduced the amount of construction waste,”
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From the start, the architect and clients
had compatible views about how the house
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The Youngers were after as much glass,
and as little distinction between inside and
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to outdo the landscape, if you thought your
building could sing a louder song than
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To this end, the architect gently hun-
kered the rear sleeping wing into the land,
so that it would recede behind the social
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raised above the contour of the land and
appears to hover over the sometimes wild
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The expanse of glass protecting the liv-
ing pavilion from northwesterly gales is,
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budget precluded double- or triple-glaze
panes, Tanner says that the building’s high
thermal mass, orientation for solar gain,
and hefty insulation ultimately made
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Precast elements always require a high
degree of precision, but the stakes are

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prefab

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ƙĔŇƩûĔƙǞŇƩſƩĚĭÇĚļû¶ŇƩĭÇƆĚļû ĭŇƩÇÓſƆŇļûƙĔ ļ
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The corner bathroom is defined by

all the greater when the site is far from a
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ment to the skill of all involved—an excel-
lent builder and engineer and clients who
didn’t try to grab the steering wheel half-
a freestanding Kado Lure 1760 tub
and a powerful view of the bay.
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place of congregation and a symbol of the
force that transformed the property,”

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prefab

The aluminium-framed windows much glass as possible to enjoy

throughout are by Australian the almost 360-degree views,” says
company Capral. “We wanted as resident Sarah Younger.

Dunalley House N

ARCHITECT Stuart Tanner Architects

LOCATION Tasmania, Australia

G E D

H C
B
ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT; STYLED: JULIA LANDGREN
I A
A long, narrow deck leads to a cus- property in 2013. Tanner worked
tom fire pit by the water’s edge, with Cordwell Lane builders to com-
a nod to the blaze that swept the plete the project in eight months. J
H

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Youngers’ house captures the essence of made the house look and feel as though B Kitchen Area Room
C Pantry F Deck J Bedroom
the original shack that they wanted to :EkDƏ@2E:?8@?H2E6C7C@>E96:?D:562?5 D Dining G Laundry K Master
retain; its open design, raw concrete sur- @FEOlD2JD*2C29Nj0@F2=>@DE766==:<6 Area H Bathroom Bedroom
faces that shrug off salt water and sand, J@F2C6@?23@2ENl

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profile TEXT BY PHOTO BY

Alex Bozikovic Wesley Mann

Why is that important in making archi-

tecture?+@@>F496IA6C:6?46OH:E9@FE
enough fresh blood and new fresh ideas,
breeds monotony and mediocrity and
cynicism. That’s the last thing you want.
Also, we recognize that people bring
different capacities: managerial, design,
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2?5E96J92G6E@36O3642FD62C49:E64EFC6
is made up of all those things.

Most people imagine architecture—

particularly Daniel’s—as being all about
a sketch on a napkin. Well, the work
always starts with a drawing that Daniel
creates, whether it’s on a napkin, on the
back of an airline ticket, in his sketchbook,
or on his iPad. What’s changed in the last
10 years is the speed with which that
drawing can be translated into the begin-
nings of a real concept design, the feeling
of what the space will be like.

You and your husband, architect Daniel
Libeskind, have worked closely since
founding Studio Libeskind in 1989. How
do you describe your role?
I am not an architect, nor am I a business-
person. But I think it’s the glue that helps
to stick things together. I’m able to discuss
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ideas about what we’d like to do.
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It sounds as though you don’t like
to use the language of business. That’s
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standard business. It’s really almost like
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Nina Libeskind
A powerful insider shares insights
on building a successful architecture
practice through partnership.
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Holocaust Monument in Canada.
What does that mean to you? I was born
in Ottawa, so I’m delighted to be building
in Canada and the capital, a place of such
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are incredibly important. As the world
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people can come together and think about
what’s happened.
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rial do that? E:D25:DE@CE65*E2C@72G:5O
made of triangles—because in the concen-
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you canted walls of concrete with incred-
ible photographic images by Edward
Burtynsky printed onto them. There is
space where people can sit and contemplate
those images and the space around them.
Then there is a staircase to the top,
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looks out onto the Parliament Buildings.
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profile
One of the firm’s newest projects,
The National Holocaust Monument
in Ottawa, Canada, opens to the
public in September. It is the region’s
largest and most complex monument
Daniel’s idea is that people should
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happened. Each citizen has a role to
play when democracy gets kidnapped.
Your family, the Lewises, are prominent
in Canadian politics. You say you bring a
in nearly 80 years. Symbolically
sited across from the Canadian War
Museum, the structure features
six triangular concrete volumes con-
figured to create the points of a star.
How do your progressive values shape
your approach? We don’t ask how people
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I feel, and Daniel is pretty frank as well.
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We are working on a Kurdish museum
in Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, which
was stopped because of ISIS. That was a
“If it doesn’t have ideas,
it’s not architecture.”
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How did that manifest itself in
the Ground Zero design process?
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always on the news, and it was not always
pleasant. That’s clear. Daniel was the
master planner, and he was hoping to
be the architect of one of those buildings,
but it wasn’t to be.
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How so? With my background and as
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conditions that I can. It’s hard in America,
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museum that was a cultural response to Still, I think the key components
the desire for a new identity and a cultural of the master plan—towers on the rim
identity. We’re working with Richard of the site; the footprints of the original
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commensurate with the enormous effort
people put in.
Architecture is not an easy profession.
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Berlin took us from 1989 to 2001. It can
take an inordinate amount of time,
and one must keep up the spirit. It’s a
tough business, no doubt. But it’s fun.
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are for developers. Can those be as full of inches of sidewalk, and to keep retail
meaning? Absolutely. As far as we’re con- only on the street side, so people could
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Kurdistan, but you still try to inculcate in of the place, and the sense of genuine-
those buildings something of public space, ness. And it feels right. It’s a good
D@>6E9:?8@7EC2?DA2C6?4JO2?:?G@=G6>6?E balance of mourning and bringing back
with the neighborhood and the city. life to that part of the city.
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A glass house
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of
Sam Lubell Darren Bradley

Silicon Valley.
SU N N Y AFTERNOON

Two trunk-like columns support site as possible, Steely built

an aluminum-and-zinc-clad
home in the foothills of the
Santa Cruz Mountains designed
by architect Craig Steely.
With an intention to disrupt
as few oak trees on the dense
the glass-walled house to
nestle against the steep
hillside. Visitors access the
entrance from above, descend-
ing to the living spaces via a
native grass-covered roof.

90
DWELL SEPTEM B ER / O C TO B ER 2017 91
dwellings
When Pam and Paul Costa moved from
Milwaukee to Silicon Valley—via their
employment at Apple—they dreamed of
building their own home, just like some
of their friends and relatives had done
back in the Midwest. But they discovered
that this rite of passage wasn’t as easily
accomplished here as it was in Wisconsin.
Even worse than the obvious sticker
shock was the fact that most of the build-
able land had been spoken for.
Which brought them to a steep property
thick with trees and ravines in the mean-
dering hills above Cupertino—a site that
had been deemed unbuildable for genera-
tions—and to a gutsy architect named
Craig Steely, who had a reputation for
pulling off the seemingly impossible.
“It wasn’t a hundred percent clear that
it could be built on, but it was just so
pretty,” recalls Pam, who now works as a
therapist, of the lot. It lacked utilities and
even sewer lines when the couple bought it.
“It was a huge gamble to do this,” says
the architect, who has completed daring
work on hillsides, on cliffsides, on lava
92
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challenging places. “If it hadn’t worked,
they would have been stuck with a really
great place to camp.”
But, he adds, “The best projects I’ve
done are on lots that are really compli-
cated. They have so much reward. It allows
you to think of something complicated
and intricate.”
When the Costas brought Steely to the
site, it became clear to all parties that the
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trees, not bury itself into the land or
require clearing any of its natural majesty
for the typical building pad. “We just
wanted to be in the forest,” says Pam.
The rectangular, zinc-and-aluminum-
clad structure hovers above the natural
topography, stepping down the slope,
anchored by two steel columns rammed
deep into the earth.
Inside, the goal was also to highlight the
bucolic surroundings, and this was accom-
plished by opening up the single-story
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windows and sliders and creating as few
SEPTEM B ER/ O C TO B ER 2017 DWELL
 ŹĭŇƙŇìŜÓŇŜĭÓƆ
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ķĚļĚķ
ĭĚƆƙ,
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ƙ .”
Paul Costa, resident
The main living area is cantilevered kitchen are sunken into the con-
into the tree canopy, while bed- crete floor, providing delineation
rooms, bathrooms, service, and in the open plan. A 22-foot-long
storage are located behind a long white composite quartz counter-
wall of cabinetry against the hill- top provides both kitchen
side. The living room, office, and work space and a dining table.

93
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ſÓ
ĭĭǞûſÓ
ƙŜĭ
¶ÓƙҶ
ķŜ.”
Craig Steely, architect

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 dwellings

Costa Residence N

ARCHITECT LOCATION
Craig Steely Architecture Cupertino, California

A Master Suite G Dining Area M Entrance

B Mechanical Room H Kitchen N Storage
C Laundry I Pantry O Garage
D Bedroom J Office P Deck
E Bathroom K Living Area
F Guest Room L Bridge

B D F
A C
E

J I

H G

Lower Level

N
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ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

Upper Level

internal walls as possible. The space was

The living room features a
250-square-foot configuration of
Patricia Urquiola’s Tufty-Time sofa
for B&B Italia. Overhead, as in
the rest of the main living spaces,
flush- mounted LED strips provide
further demarcation of zones.
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“If you could build a glass house in the
trees, all of a sudden it functions,” Steely
says. “You don’t have heat gain. You don’t
have privacy issues.”
To organize this open plan, the architect
resorted to two techniques. First, he
installed the bedrooms and the cabinetry
containing storage and mechanical sys-
tems against the hillside. Then, to infor-
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the kitchen, and a large, pillowy conversa-
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further reinforced these separations
by installing glowing bands of LEDs in
the ceiling above, creating an effect

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Pam Costa, resident

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A bridge of steel grating leads to Ornate furnishings in the bedrooms

the garage and the entrance, both
on the upper level. Sunlight funnels
through an opening in the rooftop
down to the living area. The orange
hot tub is by ALFI (opposite).
offer an intriguing contrast to the
rest of the house (left). The master
suite features a monolithic wall of
quartz to separate the shower from
the rest of the room (below).

reminiscent of a Dan Flavin artwork or
the movie Tron.
This Tron reference, by the way, wasn’t
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fans, and the home is full of allusions to
their favorites. The garage—along with a
small roof garden, deck, and curved-glass
peekaboo home entrance atop the living
space—has a glass rear wall and a cube-
like massing that’s a dead ringer for the
Ben Rose garage in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
And a rectangular slab of quartz in the
master suite harkens back to the monolith
in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Another overarching goal was that the
house waste as little space as possible.
Taking into account all the clients’ needs,
the design started at 4,400 square feet but
ended at 2,500. Many volumes perform
double duty, and none sit empty for long.
The guest room doubles as a playroom
thanks to a Murphy bed and sliding walls;
the guest bathroom is both a shower and
a tub; the kitchen and dining room are
one and the same.
“The goal was that every space get used
every day,” says Paul. “The house forces us
to live the way we desire to live. I feel like
a lot of people say they would like to be a
minimalist or they love nature. But they
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just encouraging you to do those things.
It’s basically forcing you.”
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ment: There’s no space to hang art. “You’re
going to be looking at the tree canopy
whether you want to or not,” notes Paul.
“That sounds oppressive, but it’s really
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get used to it and release into it.”
To break up all this minimalism and
glass, Steely dotted the sunken spaces with
warm and colorful accents, such as the
purple of the conversation pit and the pis-
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rated some daring sculptural touches, like
the pointed steel stair plunging from the
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instead of corners on all elevations.
“There’s something really feminine and
subtle about the curves and how they
connect,” Steely says. “It’s a less aggressive
approach to making a de-materialized
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pected transparencies, increasing the
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house seem to go away. Not to mention
evoking the spatially warped work of artist
Dan Graham.
So while the home is utterly simple, it’s
full of surprises. But the best part is quite
predictable: harmony with nature and a
feeling of zen. “I’ll walk through and see a
perfect view,” says Pam. “And I see other
people light up when they enter the space.
“To have this sense of being outside when
you’re actually inside, to be in nature and
feel so connected to it—the leaves from the
trees can just blow inside.”

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Back
to

Life

A 19th-century apartment in Gothenburg, Sweden, is reborn.

TEX T BY PHOTOS BY

Amanda Dameron Birgitta Wolfgang Drejer

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The apartment building
dates to 1888, and the vari-
ous residences feature high
ceilings, mirrored doors,
massive skirtings, and richly
ornamented white stucco.
“When it was built, there was
no central heating, so each
and every room had tiled,
wood-burning stoves,” says
resident Martin Ringqvist.

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The residents removed vestiges
of bad renovations from the past.
“The 11-foot ceiling had been
lowered in some rooms, which was
a popular thing to do in Sweden
in the 1970s in order to save
energy,” Martin explains. “Some
of the stucco had been destroyed,
so we re-created both ceilings
and windows.” The restored
floors are original; the residents
also removed and replaced all
the electrical outlets, switches,
and door handles. In the living
room, a Vipp table lamp rests on
a Hockney sofa by Eero Koivisto
for David Design (opposite, top);
the Penta chairs are by Kim Moltzer
and Jean-Paul Barray (opposite,
bottom). A Snowball pendant by
Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen
hangs in the dining room; the
J46 chairs are by Poul M. Volther
(opposite, right).

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When creative director Martin Ringqvist
and his wife, My, a teacher, moved back to
Sweden after a year in Los Angeles, they
wanted an authentic, warm space to live in
with their two children. After much delib-
eration and house hunting, they found
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in Gothenburg’s downtown neighborhood
of Vasastan, where many of the buildings
date from the 18th and 19th centuries.
“On a rainy day in fall, when you feel
a bit low, you can look out from our win-
dows and pretend that you’re in the
Marais in Paris,” says Martin. “When we
stepped into this apartment, everything
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felt right. Many of the original details
from the 19th century were still there—
and the rest we were able to re-create.
So we didn’t even hesitate.”
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2?57@C6>@DENj+96EC:4<:DE@Ǝ?52
balance. We love to mix stuff,” explains
Martin. “We bought black marble for
nearly nothing from a quarry outside
Valencia and paired it with worn-down
furniture; we placed a 200-year-old
tiled stove with a super-slick Vipp kitchen
system. An apartment like this one
needs to be ‘dressed down’ a bit. Otherwise
it can quickly get tacky.”
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Ringqvist Flat N

LOCATION
Gothenburg, Sweden

A Entrance E Bathroom
B Kitchen F Living Room
C Balcony G Dining Room
D Bedroom

G D D
F

ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

E A
D

E B

D C

Martin and My have lived together for
18 years, and in the very beginning of their
relationship they agreed not to buy a
single item unless they believed they
would keep it for the rest of their lives.
They’ve stayed true to that promise—their
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hold the remote. They applied the same
principle to one of the project’s biggest-
ticket items: the Vipp kitchen system.
“We saw a picture in a magazine, and
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booked a meeting at Vipp’s concept store
in Copenhagen. We were nervous as
we were walking over there,” Martin says.
“We thought, ‘What if the kitchen isn’t
as perfect in real life?’ Luckily for us,
it was. After an hour, we walked back to
the hotel, happy and broke.”

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The kitchen’s matte-black Vipp sys-
tem is paired with an antique white
ceramic tile stove that was typical in
the late 19th century (opposite, left).
Although it’s not operable, the stove
is used by the couple as a staging
ground for illuminated candles and
a storage space for an iPad that
controls the home’s sound system.
The bathroom is clad in black marble
sourced from Spain (opposite,
right). In the bedroom, a weathered
Swan chair by Arne Jacobsen is next
to a table designed by Vipp (below).

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ĪÓƆŬź Martin Ringqvist
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Even after a cramped
cottage north of
San Francisco grew,
space and storage
remained top of mind. TEX T BY
Deborah Bishop
PHOTOS BY

Joe Fletcher

C OM I NG HOME

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Formerly a one-bedroom cabin, the
Mill Valley, California, home of Tim
and Stefanie Rosa more than dou-
bled in size after a renovation and
addition by Pfau Long Architecture.
A concrete pathway leads from the
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garage, up some steps, to a
high-ceilinged kitchen-living-din-
ing room outfitted with white oak
casework by Henrybuilt (opposite).
Leo, five, sits in a Tripp Trapp
chair at a custom dining table.
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“It’s very boat-like,
how overthought it is in
its compactness.”
Peter Pfau, architect

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Ventana windows and an ipe deck
face a towering oak tree; Willow
Balls from San Francisco Flower
Mart hang from its branches (oppo-
site). Inside, Pelle pendants dangle
above a PlanToys children’s table
in the original cottage, now a great
room (below left). Tim reclines in
an Eames Lounge (below right).The
bookcase behind him connects to
the kitchen storage system.
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Mill Valley, California, is not the town
that time forgot—although it can some-
times feel like a modern-day Middle-earth.
Folksy and friendly, the wooded enclave 14
miles north of San Francisco is traversed
by a creek and a multitude of hiking trails,
and its houses are dwarfed by redwoods—
which in turn are dwarfed by Mount
Tamalpais, whose peaks are visible one
moment and shrouded in swirling, glow-
ing mists the next.
Over the decades, Mill Valley has
retained its laid-back vibe while absorb-
ing newcomers seeking access to peace,
nature, and good public schools. Two such
transplants, Tim and Stefanie Rosa, for-
merly of La Jolla, were renting a place near
Mill Valley’s downtown when they stum-
bled upon their future home.
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past this little cottage from the forties,
and dream about how cool it would be to
live there,” recalls Tim, who at the time
was VP of Brand Development at
Electronic Arts and is now an SVP and the
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year later, our realtor called and told us it
was for sale,” says Stefanie, a graphic and
interior designer who has a number of
home renovations under her belt with
both Tim and her father, a developer.
Like some kind of canine dowser, Ulu
also guided them to their architect, Peter
Pfau, of Pfau Long Architecture. They were
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out on a romp at Stinson Beach when the
dog pulled them toward one of Pfau’s clas-
sic houses on a street called Sonoma Patio.
“It very much has the rustic modern feeling
of a Sea Ranch house, which was exactly
how our aesthetic was evolving,” says Tim.
Pfau took a look at the cottage the cou-
ple wanted to buy even before they made
an offer. “From the outside, it had this
picture-perfect little pitched roof, like the
quintessential house form,” recalls Pfau.
“And from the inside, well, it was like the
worst place you ever stayed in college.” The
challenge was to open up the 600-square-
foot knotty pine interior while retaining
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which was essential to grandfathering in
the setbacks.
Pfau took the structure down to a couple
of studs and scraped out the interior, creat-
ing a large, sun-washed great room with a
cathedral-like ceiling and large windows—
one of which perfectly frames Mt. Tam in
the distance. Working within a tight space
on the small lot, and determined to save a
mature oak growing in the middle, Pfau
devised a long, narrow addition that turns
off the side of the original cottage. This
shed-roofed new building houses a hallway,
two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a pow-
der room. A media room is inserted into
the triangular intersection of the two
structures, bringing the total size of the
home to 1,500 square feet, excluding
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Leo repaints his playhouse
in a color that’s more to his
liking. Stefanie designed
the hut. It was constructed by
landscaper Ronald Gramajo,
who also did the plantings and
irrigation on the property.

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“From the inside, it was
like the worst place you ever
stayed in college.”
Peter Pfau

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the garage. The freshly renovated house

looks out to sweeping views beyond, with a
generous outdoor deck hugging the side.
The materials—unpainted cedar, board-
formed concrete, and a zinc roof that will
develop a patina over time—further inte-
grate the home into its surroundings.
From the street level, a path leads past
the garage and an outdoor shower—per-
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through the lower garden and up to a
sliding glass front door. Inside, there is no
wasted space. “It’s very boat-like, how
overthought it is in its compactness,” says
Pfau, who worked in conjunction with
project manager Melanie Turner.
In fact, the interior is surprisingly
expansive, with a minimalist approach to
materials. There are radiant-heated con-
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designed and made by Henrybuilt, known
primarily for its crafted, customizable
kitchen systems. Having collaborated on a
previous project, the Rosas knew that the
company would play an integral role in
helping them maximize storage through-
out the house.
“Any built-in you see, they designed it,”
says Tim, who worked with Chris
Barriatua, a Henrybuilt VP who moved his
own family from Manhattan to Mill Valley
in order to set up one of the company’s
three showrooms in what had been a great room’s side wall and together serve encouraged to paint). And like many
4,000-square-foot garage. as a combination library, entertainment who once couldn’t imagine being
Barriatua also relished the ongoing pro- 46?E6CO@7Ǝ46OA2?ECJO2?5C67C:86C2E@CN+96 anywhere but in a city, Tim and Stefanie
cess of give-and-take. “The early thinking result is a room with plenty of storage that now feel equally passionate about
with the kitchen was to do the obvious, :D?kE@G6C3FC56?653JƏ@@CWE@W46:=:?8423- waking up a few minutes from the creek
and just line the walls with cabinets and inetry. “In our work,” says Barriatua, “we where Leo splashes almost every day
put the sink under the window,” he recalls. put a lot of focus on the relationship and the mountain where they hike.
“And then one Monday, I got a sketch from between density and openness—making “It’s funny, as Leo gets bigger, we won-
Stef, saying that she and Tim had been sure there’s enough storage for people’s der if we need more space,” says Stefanie.
tinkering with the idea of breaking out an things, and enough ‘white space’ to create “But for now we’re staying put. We have
island. It was the perfect trigger for creat- a feeling of grace.” neighbors who live in a much larger
ing a feeling of separation between the *@72CO6G6CJE9:?8D66>DE@ƎEO:?4=F5- house, and they’re actually kind of jealous,
‘shell’ of the room and the kitchen.” :?8E96)@D2DkƎG6WJ62CW@=5D@?O#6@OH9@ because they never see their kids. In
The new approach included a series of has a cozy reading loft in his bedroom and a smaller space, I think, you just tend
components that were placed along the a playhouse in the garden (with walls he is to stay together more as a family.”

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Camp Rosa N

ARCHITECT LOCATION
Pfau Long Architecture Mill Valley, California

A Master Bathroom E Media Room I Deck

B Master Bedroom F Entrance J Garden
C Bedroom G Living/Dining Area K Outdoor Shower
D Bathroom H Kitchen L Garage

A
B

C
D
D
E
I F

G K
J L
H

Upper Level Lower Level

Leo flies across the yard on a rope
swing (opposite). The oak’s trunk is
surrounded by Mexican river stones.
Weathered-steel planters, built
by Gramajo, flank the base of the
deck (above left). The home’s cedar
ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT
siding is untreated, and its zinc
roof will “mellow” over time,
according to architect Peter Pfau.
In the media room, Henrybuilt
designed the built-in desk
and bench (below left and right).

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Desai Chia Architecture harvested
plagued ash trees from the client’s
property and used them for inte-
rior millwork, flooring, and trim.
Working in collaboration with local
architect of record Ray Kendra of
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Environment Architects and Delta
Millworks of Texas, the firm clad the
dwelling’s exterior in cedar that
was intentionally burned to protect
it from fire, insects, and age. The
process is called shou sugi ban.
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clad home overlooks
Lake Michigan .
Protect and
Preserve
TEX T BY

Sarah Cox
PHOTOS BY

Ike Edeani

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dwellings Three interconnected structures— bedroom (opposite), the ash bed
one for communal spaces, one was designed by Desai Chia
for the master suite, and one for and fabricated by Gary Cheadle
the three children’s bedrooms—are of Woodbine; the dresser is by
linked via a glass-enclosed breeze- George Nelson for Herman Miller.
way that also serves as the entrance Panes by Western Windows
Can chopping down trees to build a and dining area. In the master appear throughout the home.
house be an act of preservation? Mike and
Barb Collins cleared about a hundred trees
from the Leelanau County, Michigan, lot
they bought in 2012 in order to make way for
a vacation home. About 40 of them were ash
trees, which, in northern Michigan and
elsewhere, are being devastated by a beetle
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Detroit in 2002. The insect, known as the
Emerald Ash Borer, apparently was an
unwitting passenger when some wood pal-
lets were delivered to the U.S. from Asia and
has since spread to 30 states.
The ash trees on the Collins lot, all
roughly 30 to 70 years old, were considered
doomed when planning for the house
began in 2014. But by being cut down
before the beetles completely infested and
killed them, the trees experienced a second
life as part of the new home. The bulk of
the rest of the trees cleared were scrub and
brush trees—not good for much except
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particularly because one day they might
not exist in the area at all.
The couple selected New York–based
architects Katherine Chia and Arjun Desai,
of Desai Chia Architecture, after seeing an
article in the Wall Street Journal about a
Michigan Lake House N
residence they had designed as an inter-
pretation of Mies van der Rohe’s ARCHITECT ARCHITECT OF RECORD LOCATION
Farnsworth House. Mike, a small business Desai Chia Architecture Environment Architects Leelanau County, Michigan
owner who’d studied the iconic structure
in a history of architecture class in college, A Entrance E Dining Room K Mudroom
had saved the article and set it aside. When B Terrace F Master Bedroom L Garage
C Living Room G Master Bathroom M Mechanical Room
the time came to build, he called upon Chia D Kitchen H Bedroom N Storage
2?56D2:E@>2<6E96:CƎCDEW6G6CEC:AE@ I Bathroom
northern Michigan. There they found J Family Room
inspiration to design a minimalist house
with lots of glass that brings the outdoors
in and takes advantage of the property’s B
pristine views.
The 17-acre lot fronts Lake Michigan in a
wooded setting with a steep drop-off to a
sandy strand. The objective was to make C N
the home friendly for the clients’ three
high-school-to-college-aged daughters so
A D M
that the family could enjoy vacations
together. The result was a four-bedroom
E B
house composed of three volumes con-
K J
nected by a breezeway and a soaring canti-
ILLUSTRATION: LOHNES + WRIGHT

H G F
lever that extends the communal spaces I
into an outdoor living room. I
The clients wanted something made of L
H
wood, steel, stone, and no brick. In addi-
tion to using the ash trees, the team agreed I H
to a cedar exterior that employed shou sugi
ban, the Japanese art of preserving wood by Upper Level Lower Level
charring it. Having just returned from

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“The overhang above
the patio doubles the size
of the living room.”
Katherine Chia, architect
The home’s undulating roof, com-
posed of exposed wood beams and
plywood sheathing, references the
rolling terrain. A Cor-Ten steel–clad
outdoor fireplace was built by BRD
Construction; the same material
was used for the interior fireplace,
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as surround on some windows, as
cladding for the garage door, and
on the chimney. The lounge chairs
are from the Finn Collection from
Design Within Reach. Tim Kirby of
Surface Design Inc. tackled
the site’s landscape architecture.
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Japan, the architects were interested in the
technique, but had never used wood
treated this way before. Mike was intrigued
because the charring process makes wood
insect-, mold-, and rot-resistant. Austin-
based Delta Millworks treated the cedar,
which was then used as cladding and on
parts of the interior.
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large steel I-beams on the east and west
sides of the house, creating a roof that
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patio. When it rains, a series of scuppers
and a metal trough direct water off the gut-
terless roof and into the ground.
The interior approach is minimalist and
focused on the views. “The beauty of the
space and how you use it is so dependent on
how you store your stuff and how you
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an inventory of the things the residents
would want to hide away and gave careful
consideration to size and location of stor-
age. Among the many things they accounted
for were the coffee maker and wine bar, the
washer and dryer, and a mountain of snow
boots, coats, and blankets. Closets run along
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The residents went with a Control4
automation system to handle light-
ing, sound, and window shades;
Traverse City–based Waara
Technologies did the installation.
A fireplace designed by Desai Chia
and built by BRD anchors the living
area (left). The space is open to the
kitchen, where Basaltina counter-
tops are paired with Thermador
appliances (above). The dining area
features an ash table designed by
Desai Chia and created by Gary
Cheadle (opposite). The chairs are
the bedroom hallways and cabinets occupy by Jens Risom.
an entire wall of the kitchen.
Spared from the chipper, the ash wood
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els, as well as trim and furniture through-
out the house. The dining table is made of
three 14-foot ash slabs.
Now that they’ve settled into their vaca-
tion home, the Collinses, who are based in
a comparatively dense suburb of Detroit,
love the wide-angle views. They can even
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any direction, at any time of year, is capti-
vating,” says Mike. The design makes the
residents feel part of the constant seasonal
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tuate wildly, the house’s geothermal heat
pump, which uses the earth as a heat
source and transfers energy from the
ground, makes the hulking home feel like a
cozy cottage. The closed-loop system uses
the difference between the air temperature
and the relatively constant below-ground
temperature to generate heat in the winter
and to cool in the summer, using minimal
outside energy. Michael spent only $2 on
heat last year.
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Facade Focus: Shou Sugi Ban

A centuries-old Japanese technique as explained by architect Terunobu Fujimori.
ILLUSTRATIONS: PETER OUMANSKI

GU IDE WA I T S E PA R AT E DOUSE A P P LY

Fujimori uses a tool &?46E96ƎC6:D6G6?=J After seven minutes— Water is used to halt the The primitive and painstak-
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tied together; it is simply a degree of char—the boards boards continue to crackle rot, and insects for 80 years.
this ensures an even matter of waiting. are separated. and smoke. It also gives the exteriors
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studio, stage, and lodging for musicians
tracks the rebirth
of a New Haven neighborhood.
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Once an abandoned building,
Firehouse 12 is today full of
activity, with a bar, a loft, and
a joint music venue/record-
ing studio—one of the few of
its kind—contained within its
original 6,920-square-foot
dispatch
shell (opposite). Gray
Organschi Architecture per-
formed the overhaul, includ-
ing a 650-square-foot roof
addition, reached by a wood
staircase, that’s part of a five-
bedroom inn for musicians.

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Opposite: Three of the five bed-
rooms at Firehouse 12 are located
in the addition, which is made of
cross-laminated timber panels, an
engineered, prefabricated wood
product. Each panel is made of
bleached black spruce that was
CNC-milled, enabling the team
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“There’s no place like
it in the city. Its
programming has brought
in an audience that might not
normally make a trip to
this neighborhood, and its
world-class recording studio
brings in artists.”
Name: Paul Mayer
Occupation: Owner, Cafe 9
Connection: Located on the same block
as Firehouse 12, Cafe 9 has hosted live
music in Ninth Square since 1994.
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to design precise, lyrical shapes.
The addition arrived in 10 pieces,
including a support for the stair-
case; all of them were craned onto
the roof and assembled in a single
day. The partitions between the
rooms and neighboring buildings
are stud walls with board siding.
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Ask any two people from New Haven
what Firehouse 12 is, and you’re almost
bound to get two different answers. To
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space. In his role as chief engineer,
on Crown Street is Connecticut’s preemi-
nent venue for experimental jazz, a place
where artists who normally have a hard
time booking gigs outside of major cities
can draw an enthusiastic crowd. For the
Firehouse 12
ARCHITECT
Gray Organschi Architecture
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civic-minded, it’s a local success story, the
crown jewel in New Haven’s decades-long
effort to clean up the Ninth Square district.
And for others, it’s simply a downtown
watering hole, albeit a very nice one pre-
sided over by an award-winning bartender.
The truth is, Firehouse 12 is all those
things, a beacon for the arts and a hub for
the community. And at the heart of the
venture, started 12 years ago by owner Nick
Lloyd, is a recording studio that pulls dou-
ble duty as a 75-seat auditorium for live
shows during the spring and fall jazz series.
“We had to envision the use of space on a
very functional level,” says Lloyd, seated in
the green room late one afternoon. All
around, the staff is busy preparing for an
evening concert by a jazz trio up from New
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acoustical requirements, recording studios
and music venues seldom occupy the same
Lloyd—a pianist himself—has mixed and
recorded artists from avant-garde jazz pio-
neer Anthony Braxton to Brooklyn rock
group Dirty Projectors. Some have played
their songs for an audience in the same
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“Any time you can play

for people, it’s a joyful
opportunity. At Firehouse 12,
it’s even more so, because
the whole thing is set up to
support the music—physically,
sonically and in spirit.”
Name: Pete Malinverni
Occupation: Pianist, composer, educator
Connection: The Pete Malinverni Trio
played in this year’s spring jazz series.

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 Wall of Sound spot where they laid down the original
tracks. Others have released music through
A cutaway reveals how the label Firehouse 12 Records.
the Firehouse 12 auditorium/ “It was like a sardine can, putting all that
recording studio is separated in there and still trying to capture the spati-
from the main structure ality of the building,” says architect Alan
Organschi, who, along with wife and part-
to contain sound and
ner Lisa Gray, brought the forgotten, nearly
But the masonry was basically sound.
Lloyd, a Yale graduate who had come
back to New Haven to pursue a PhD after
running a recording studio in Brooklyn,
submitted a proposal for a joint venue and
recording studio, with a cocktail lounge
folded in separately. “My intention was to
have the relationship between the musi-
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from the brink over more than a decade.
The couple’s ties to Ninth Square run
deep. The two met around the corner as
grad students at the Yale School of
Architecture in 1987. Today, Gray Organschi
A Architecture is located right next door to
Firehouse 12, on a street lined with cafes
and shops. Yet they can remember a time
when the area wasn’t so welcoming. Gray
describes things as being “pretty dilapi-
D dated” when they opened shop 17 years ago.
“One block away was the [now demolished]
New Haven Coliseum, which essentially
had been abandoned by the city,” Organschi
says. “It was rusting and the concrete was
B
failing. It was like a giant urban ruin, liter-
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the neighborhood.”
In 2000, the city, hoping to boost foot
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buildings downtown, had sunk into a state
of advanced decrepitude. Whole sections of
A Acoustic Isolation Hanger C Flooring Mat the roof were rotting, a tar-like hydrocar-
B 1/2-Inch Air Gap D Outer Wall bon coating clung to the walls, and for years
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cians and the audience be as unmediated as
possible,” he says. “At the famous jazz clubs
in New York, it’s hard to have that experi-
ence because they’re trying to sell you
drinks, you’re at this tiny table, you’ve been
hustled in, you’re getting hustled out.”
In the interest of community building,
the city agreed to sell Lloyd the property on
the condition that he and his wife live there
for at least seven years after the renovation
was complete. Overnight the proposal had
to grow to include an apartment with a sep-
arate street entrance.
It took six months of prep work in 2003
before the real transformation could begin.
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away to pour sunlight into the basement—
now a bar. On the second story, formerly a
hayloft for the horses that hauled water in
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and plaster partitions were demolished,
revealing giant trusses and creating a two-
bedroom apartment. To wash light across
the residence, the architects devised a
scoop of plywood that curves down from a
row of clerestories.
But the greatest challenge was creating

Architects Alan Organschi and Lisa
Gray transformed the building in
two phases: first the renovation of
the original structure, completed
in 2005, and then the prefab addi-
tion, finished in 2016. The first-floor
auditorium/recording studio is
located in a curvaceous wood pod
that hovers above the bar in the
basement. Concrete structural but-
tresses support the wall and act as
stylized booth dividers (opposite).
The auditorium is so acoustically
isolated that the cocktail lounge
is able to stay open during shows.
Inside the performance space, the
Pete Malinverni Trio plays for a full
house (above left). There’s no stage,
no curtain, no waiters or tables
covered in white linens—just stack-
ing chairs, 75 to be exact. The staff
has to be able to flip the room back
into a recording studio quickly after
the concert. A screen of milled bent
birch plywood conceals acoustical
panels (above right). Like the undu-
lating ceiling, the screen’s wave-like
design helps refract sound.

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126 SEPTE M BER/OC TOBER 2017 DWELL

Opposite, clockwise from top left:
The second-story loft, formerly
home to owner Nick Lloyd and his
wife, artist and professor Megan
Craig, now provides a living area,
a kitchen, and two bedrooms for
traveling musicians. It’s acces-
sible from a mezzanine. Drop
ceilings were removed to uncover
fir trusses. A specialist was hired
to scrub layers of paint, plaster,
and petroleum-based waterproof
coating off the historic brickwork.
This page: Clerestories, located
on the roof deck near the prefab
addition, fill the loft with light.
an acoustically isolated recording studio
that could also be used for live shows. To
limit the transmission of external sound
and vibrations, Gray Organschi suspended
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on acoustical pucks and a half-inch gap
separates the walls from the adjacent
rooms. Veteran acoustician John Storyk,
who worked on Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady
Studios, mentored the architects, advising
them against concave surfaces in favor of
rippling ones that refract high-frequency
sound. The result is an intensely intimate
space that’s housed in a cocoon of curved
birch, with a screen of milled bent plywood
as the backdrop during concerts.
Construction wrapped in 2005 and the
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Lloyd’s imagination continued to churn. In
2014, he approached his architect neigh-
bors with a new request: a hostel for musi-
cians, who sometimes travel from as far as
Japan to record. By this time, Lloyd and his
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loft, but more bedrooms would be required
to house full bands. A rooftop addition was
needed—something lightweight that could
be installed easily atop the building’s unre-
inforced masonry shell.
For the architects, the obvious candidate
was cross-laminated timber (CLT), a struc-
tural wood panel system that they’d experi-
mented with on a school nearby. Like
masonry, CLT panels are exceptionally
strong, but they can be built off-site and
assembled quickly. “Wood is light and easily
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prefabricated,” Gray notes. It’s also a highly “The quickness with
insulating material. And, because the pan- which CLT panels provide
els are CNC-milled, their joints are airtight. ñļĚƆĔÓÇŜſŇÇƩ¶ƙĚƆƆƙŇƩļÇ-
Although CLT is more commonly used ing. It’s almost instant
abroad, especially in Europe, the architects
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had a relationship with a manufacturer in
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ter’s point of view.”
producing member of the American Wood Name: Bill Cremin
Council. “We knew the guys really well,” Occupation: Co-owner,
Organschi says, “It was sort of like, ‘Hey, ABR Construction Inc.
Connection: Cremin’s team of
could you send us a bunch of panels?’” eight assembled the CLT panels in one
The company obliged, and in a matter of day using standard wood screws.
no time, cranes were hoisting precut pieces
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Firehouse 12. The 650-square-foot, three-
bedroom box took just 12 hours to install,
followed by a six-month buildout that
joined it with the loft via a sculptural wood
staircase. The hostel began hosting musi-
cians in early 2016.
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the building’s envelope, it’s fair to wonder
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he’s on some kind of mission to see how
much he can squeeze out of the stalwart old
structure. He himself insists the project is
at last complete. As for the architects,
they’re just pleased to see Lloyd and others
pouring their creative energy into the com-
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improved because of small business own-
ers—it’s more of a grassroots transforma-
tion rather than top down,” Organschi
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hard for Nick to commit to a larger city.
The fact that he decided to stake out ground
here in New Haven feels like a gift.”
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Argentina
Intime
A strategic renovation
maximizes a small
apartment in Buenos Aires.
A steel and glass structure wraps
one end of the apartment, adding
the illusion of greater space to the
720-square-foot home.
After living for four years in a small,
dark apartment in the Palermo section
of Buenos Aires, architect Hernán Landolfo
and his girlfriend, Lucia Gentile, were
looking for a new home where they could
eventually start a family. They had rejected
a number of options when they found an
opportunity they couldn’t resist: an apart-
ment on Melián Avenue in Belgrano R,
a residential district characterized by
British architecture, thanks to its proxim-
ity to the railways and train station, which
128
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were built mainly by English immigrants.
“This neighborhood is a total anomaly
in the city, a place that recalls another
time,” says Hernán. “Melián is one of the
few cobblestone avenues where there are
still beautiful uncut Tipa trees. We were
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There were drawbacks, however. At 720
square feet, the apartment was only
about half again as large as their previous
one, and it wasn’t much brighter. Located
at the back of a 1960s building, it was
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HERNÁN LANDOLFO, ARCHITECT

Architect Hernán Landolfo and space (above). In the living area

his girlfriend, photographer Lucia (right), their dog, Rocknrol, hangs
Gentile, live and work in the apart- out on a suede Copenhagen sofa by
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small spaces

Demolition exposed a high, wood- furnished with custom pieces made

beamed ceiling, which added “cubic of Paraiso wood. A box sheathed
meters of air” to the apartment, in the same material acts as a divider
says Hernán. The bedroom (left) is and holds the bathroom (below).

Melián N

ARCHITECT Hernán Landolfo

LOCATION Buenos Aires, Argentina

A Patio
B Kitchen/Dining
Area
C Living Area
A
D Studio
E Bathroom
F Bedroom
B

F D
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is now our bedroom. The other was notic- j+96@?=JH2JH2DE@C63F:=52?5C64@?Ǝ8- Another key to making the apartment
ing the sense of calm and silence, two ure the space, minimizing certain areas feel dramatically bigger and brighter was
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characteristics that are a luxury in a city
like Buenos Aires.”
Hernán also had ideas about how to
make the apartment feel much larger than
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modate the couple’s needs now and in the
future. He began by tearing down all the
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like the living room, dining room, and
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“At the moment these are one large inte-
grated space, and in the future it can be
converted into another, which was the
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instance, is slated to become a child’s bed-
room when the time comes.
to enclose the end of the kitchen in a steel
and glass structure with a folding wall
that opens to the patio. The glass serves
as a smooth transition between indoor
and outdoor living while bringing much-
needed sunlight to the interior. “The easi-
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A wood floor uncovered during
demolition delineates the private
quarters (above). On warm days,
when the glass wall is open (above
right), meals in the kitchen have
an alfresco feel. The dining table
is by Boulevard Furniture and the
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chairs are by Alejandro Sticotti for
Net Muebles. Hernán and Lucia
were captivated by the flowering
wall across the courtyard; they
continued the green theme on their
patio (below). The cedar entry door
(below left) was left untouched.
sheltered in the kitchen and at the same
time it created a kind of greenhouse.”
During demolition, Hernán discovered
the home itself had something to say. “As
we undressed the apartment, threw down
the walls and the plaster ceiling, things
started to appear,” he says. For example,
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ing that had been covered up for no appar-
ent reason. Leaving it exposed added
height and texture to the space. The same
occurred with windows, walls, and the
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was badly damaged during demolition
ended up having such a strong character
that we decided not only to keep it, but to
enhance it with lights,” the architect says.
Material choices divide the public and
private areas of the apartment. The com-
munal spaces share a continuous concrete
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The bedroom lies behind it, furnished
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An interior designer persuades his mother
to toss all her old furniture and start fresh.

Eleni Katsarou’s new Chicago

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from Crate and Barrel. A Yannis cal strips to add texture. DESIGNER Andreas Kokkino
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nate cabinets underneath contrasts is by California Faucets. As in the
with a white island topped with trav- rest of the apartment, the flooring is
ertine. The wall tile is Origin Birch colored cork from Globus Cork.

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interior design

From the 33rd floor, the view of by LED ceiling lights, a Tatou F
Lake Michigan is expansive. Linen floor lamp by Patricia Urquiola,
curtains from The Shade Store filter and a Copycat table lamp by
sunlight. Extra lighting is provided Michael Anastassiades for Flos.

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on patterns. Lucky for
me, my mom isn’t afraid
of color.”
ANDREAS KOKKINO, DESIGNER

An Alekos Fassianos lithograph hallway. The bathroom’s hexago-

and soft blue niches offset the wood nal marble tiles are by Ann Sacks
paneling (above). An IC lamp by (right), and the fixture, mirror, and
Michael Anastassiades hangs in the wall cabinet are all by Duravit.

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 Beautiful
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Story.
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Certified child-labor-free carpets.

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General contractor S Construction the midcentury building, a 1968 is an all-white sanctuary filled
collaborated with Shively and high-rise in the Edgewater neigh- with houseplants. The Rudd
Kokkino on the remodel. The col- borhood, but it also has a more International oak sideboard is a
orful apartment pays homage to subdued side. The master bedroom vintage piece from the 1970s.

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Julie’s firm, Koning Eizenberg Architecture, is a proud member of Public Architecture’s
1+ program. The 1+ challenges designers to dedicate 1% or more of their working hours
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 modern market
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 modern market
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The products, furniture, architects, designers,

and builders featured in this issue.

22 Loft Cause Board roomandboard.com; Anchor Engineering Interiors precisioninteriors.com Snow Peak snowpeak.com;
16-H wood-burning stove by anchoreng.com 68 Tablo Tables from Normann table by FLOAT floatwork
Jeff Jordan Architects Stûv stuv.com 62 Bathtub by Victoria + Copenhagen .com; pot racks by IKEA ikea
jjarchs.com 54 Windows by Jeld-Wen Albert Baths vandabaths.com; normann-copenhagen.com; .com; sink by Kohler us.kohler
22 Concrete kitchen island and jeld-wen.com; range and hood showerhead by Hansgrohe GT Rocker and High Park .com; custom shelves by JAS
countertops by Art in by Bertazzoni bertazzoni.com; hansgrohe-usa.com; Marmol chairs by Gus Modern Steel Fabricating 425-424-2107
Construction concrete countertops by Dex Venatino Brushed Porcelain gusmodern.com; rug by
artinconstruction.com; stove Industries dexindustries.com; floor tile and H-Line Cotton Safavieh safavieh.com; 78 Sailing on Land
by Viking Range vikingrange. barrel chair, vintage Gloss wall and ceiling tile from windows by Western Window
com; fridge by Samsung 58 Roofing from B&M Metals Arizona Tile arizonatile.com Systems Stuart Tanner Architects
samsung.com bmmetalroofing.com; Jardine 64 Chandelier made by westernwindowsystems.com; stuarttannerarchitects.com.au
24 Rocking chair by Scott daybed from West Elm architect Caroline Wilding ceiling light fixture fabricated Cordwell Lane Building
Jordan scottjordan.com; westelm.com; Topanga round using wires by Color Cord by Nathan Warner of Warbach cordwelllane.com.au
leather chair, vintage fire table from Restoration colorcord.com; Splash coat warbach.com Aldanmark Consulting
Hardware restorationhardware rack by Blu Dot bludot.com; Engineers aldanmark.com.au
52 Carolina Haiku .com; swing by SwingLab sink by Signature Hardware 72 Site-Specific 78-79 LED wall light designed
swinglab.co signaturehardware.com; Luxe by Stuart Tanner and Cordwell
Design by Michael Neiswander 60 French T-Back Stools from hexagonal tiles by Arizona Tile Design by Erin Moore Lane and fabricated by
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blackbeargreen.com sliding door by Jeld-Wen Silestone and Statuaro Select Sharp 808-281-8675 Series windows by Capral
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Uzun + Case uzuncase.com West Macon Welding Stone, all fabricated by Y K Donofrio 541-514-6480 80 New Zealand pine decking
52 Wood-stump end tables by 828-368-8072 Stone ykstonecenter.com; 74 Steel and plywood table by with Black Japan stain by
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storage basket from Room & designplatformllc.com fabricated by Precision feeneyinc.com; Také chair by vintage; GX pendant from ISM
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82 1760 freestanding bathtub
Sunny Afternoon by Kado Lure from Reece
reece.com.au; shower/bath
mixer by Sussex Scala from
Reece reece.com.au; Mosaic
black vitrified tile from
Rossetto Tiles
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84 Axa 40 Above Counter
Basin from Reece reece.com.
au; fire pit designed by Stuart
Tanner and Cordwell Lane and
fabricated by Cordwell Lane
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Craig Steely Architecture

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Forsythe General Contractors
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Structural engineering by
Optimal Design Group
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Civil engineering by Lea and
Braze leabraze.com
Confidence Landscaping
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90-91 Windows by Bonelli
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92-93 Broom chairs by Emeco
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 94-95 Tufty-Time sofa by
Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia
bebitalia.com/en; Bose 909
speakers, vintage
96-97 Hot tub by ALFI
alfitrade.com
98 Back to Life
Kitchen by Vipp vipp.com
100-101 Hockney sofa by Eero
Koivisto for David Design
daviddesign.se; floor and table
lamps by Vipp vipp.com; Penta
chairs by Kim Moltzer and
Jean-Paul Barray, vintage;
Snowball pendant by Poul
Henningsen for Louis Poulsen
louispoulsen.com; J46 chairs
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102-103 Kitchen system by
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Arne Jacobsen for Fritz
Hansen fritzhansen.com;
side table by Vipp vipp.com
104 Coming Home
Pfau Long Architecture
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General contracting by New
Dimensions ndmarin.com
Strandberg Engineering
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Kim Starr Landscape Design
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Casework and built-ins by
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104-105 Tripp Trapp chair by
Stokke stokke.com; wood
stools from AllModern
allmodern.com; custom dining
table by Shed healdsburgshed
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Pauchard for Tolix from Design
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112 Protect amd Preserve
Desai Chia Architecture
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Environment Architects
env-arch.com
Easling Construction
easlingconstruction.com
Apex Engineering &
Management apexem.net
Civil engineering by
Jozwiak Consulting
jozwiakconsulting.com;
Landscape design by
Surfacedesign, Inc. sdisf.com
112-113 Kayu Teak dining table
and benches from Design
Within Reach dwr.com
114-115 Windows by Western
Window Systems
westernwindowsystems.com;
bed designed by Desai Chia
and fabricated by Gary
Cheadle of Woodbine
231-342-4856; Nelson Thin
Edge Double Dresser by
George Nelson for Herman
Miller hermanmiller.com
116-117 Finn Collection lounge
chairs by Norm Architects
from Design Within Reach
dwr.com; fireplace designed
by Desai Chia and built by
BRD Construction
constructiontraversecity.com
118-119 Range by Appliances Sound and Vision
Thermador thermador.com;
gray couch from Design Within
Reach dwr.com; fireplace Cabinets and custom furniture Alejandro Sticotti for NET Cream from Ipi Stone
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106-107 Windows by Ventana
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Willow Balls from San
Francisco Flower Mart
sanfranciscoflowermart.com;
Eames Lounge Chairs by
Charles and Ray Eames for
Herman Miller hermanmiller
.com; children’s work table by
PlanToys plantoys.com
108-109 Playhouse and
plantings by Ronald Gramajo
gmlandscapingservices@
gmail.com
111 Weathered-steel planters
by Ronald Gramajo
gmlandscapingservices@
gmail.com; built-in desk and
built-in bench designed by
Henrybuilt henrybuilt.com
231-342-4856; Risom side
chairs by Jens Risom for Knoll
knoll.com
120 Sound and Vision
Gray Organschi Architecture
grayorganschi.com
General contracting, phase 1,
by LoweCo
General contracting, phase 2, by
JIG Design Build teamjig.com
ABR Construction
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Andrew Fowler 203-671-9122
Edward Stanley Engineers
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Jacobson Structures
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Cross-laminated timber panels
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Landscape design by Reed
Hilderbrand
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SM Lighting Design
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Norton Upholstery
nortionupholstery.com
The Window Design Studio
203-533-5844
128 Argentina Intime
Design by Hernán Landolfo
landolfo.com.ar
Steel fabrication by
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Cabinetry by Alejandro Oscar
128 “Vintage” Paraiso
dining table by Boulevard
Furniture blvdfurniture.com.ar;
Silla SKA chair and Farinelli
chair both by Alejandro
Sticotti for NET Muebles
sticotti.net; cement floor by
Microcemento Color
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130 Eames Molded Plastic
Armchair by Charles and Ray
Eames for Vitra vitra.com;
Copenhagen couch by
Mike Shively Architecture
mikeshively.com
Interior Design by Andreas
Kokkino andreasthered@
gmail.com
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138 Carlton sectional sofa by
BoConcept boconcept.com;
Barcelona table by Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe for Knoll
knoll.com; cane back chairs
upholstered in Quatrefoil
fabric by Alexander Girard
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pillows by Fornasetti
fornasetti.com
140 Moel chair by Inga Sempé
for Ligne Roset ligne-roset
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floor by Globus Cork
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California Faucets
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142 Tatou F Modern floor lamp
by Patricia Urquiola, Copycat
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Flos usa.flos.com; linen
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by Ann Sacks annsacks.com;
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wall cabinet by Duravit duravit
.us; California faucet from
Studio41 shopstudio41.com
144 Rudd International oak
sideboard, vintage
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 finishing touch

Prouvé, Collected
“Jean Prouvé was a man of instinct—he was neither an architect nor an
engineer, but as Le Corbusier said of him, he could be both at the same
time,” writes design historian Raymond Guidot in Jean Prouvé, a new
monograph about the French master published by Galerie Patrick Seguin.
Lovingly detailed over 750 pages, the double volume is an enriched version
of the one published in 2007 and features scores of photographs and
drawings. Also included are remembrances by his daughter, Catherine
Prouvé, and essays by Guidot, architecture historian Catherine Coley, and
Pritzker Prize–winning architects Renzo Piano and Jean Nouvel.

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Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) opened his first problems, such as emergency housing, and
workshop in Nancy, France, making wrought pioneered prefab manufacturing techniques
iron grilles and doors. Over the course of his to equip hospitals, schools, and offices with
life, he pursued design that addressed serious furniture and fittings of his own creation.

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