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The Giving Tree Ghost in Columbus, Debut
A Cor-Ten steel– the Shell Indiana Performance
clad residence near A retreat in rural Long revered by in Taos
Oakland, California, Quebec evokes the followers of midcen-
finds its footing An aspiring architect’s
ON THE COVER: ABOVE: iconic farmhouses tury modern history, desert project
nestled beside a that are disappear- this Midwestern town
The connection to the Inside the Columbus, combines elemental
natural world is sewn Indiana, office of majestic oak tree. ing from the area. never stops surpris- materials and shapes
into every detail of this J. Irwin Miller, designed TEXT
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ing design lovers. to dazzling effect.
Northern California by Alexander Girard. Laura Mauk Kimberlie Birks TEXT
dwelling. PHOTO BY PHOTOS TEXT
PHOTOS Amanda Dameron
PHOTO BY Joe Fletcher Christopher Griffith Joe Fletcher Kelly Vencill Sanchez
Stéphane Groleau and PHOTOS
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Laëtitia Boudaud Christopher Griffith Michael Friberg
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17 Editor’s Letter 29 Modern World 60 Process 78 My House

20 Community We begin with a look back at The craft of glassblowing lives on Material exploration is the
PHOTOS: JOONEY WOODWARD (122), DAVID SUNDBERG/ESTO (44), JAMIE CHUNG (60)
Van Keppel-Green, the design at Vermont-based Simon Pearce, key ingredient for this singular
duo whose graceful furniture where master artisans demon- residence in Miami Beach.
epitomized midcentury California strate the many steps involved in AS TOLD TO Heather Corcoran
poolside living. We follow with making just one piece. PHOTOS BY Ian Allen
a roundup of fresh outdoor fur- TEXT BY Arlene Hirst
nishings, from a swanky Italian PHOTOS BY Jamie Chung 122 Small Spaces
hammock to otherworldly glow- A pair of equestrians breathe
ing orbs for the garden. Next is 68 Renovation new life into a run-down water
a conversation with Chilean archi- Husband-and-wife designers tower in southern England.
142 Sourcing tect Alejandro Aravena, whose freshen up their Brooklyn railroad TEXT BY Caroline Ednie
Saw it? Want it? Need it? Buy it! practice is driven by a focus Jooney Woodward
apartment with an open PHOTOS BY
on social progress. And finally, plan and an all-white interior.
144 Finishing Touch we present a striking new farm- TEXT BY Arlene Hirst 128 Prefab
A playful design fosters creativity house in Pennsylvania with PHOTOS BY Fran Parente Clever allocation of space and
at a preschool in New Delhi. custom 19-foot-high shutters.
modular components allow a
74 Outside Los Angeles couple an accessible
46 Smart Tech The yard of a Southern California family home.
We invite a crew of architects, home is completely transformed TEXT BY Kelly Vencill Sanchez
columnists, and industry leaders with an eclectic array of plants, PHOTOS BY Matthew Williams
to explore the landscape of con- a water feature, and a laser-cut
nected devices, as we pursue the metal pergola.
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editor’s letter
Here is the best idea for life: Choose to be extraordinary.

No matter who you are, you can overcome obstacles
with imagination and focus. This is the practice of
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opportunities. Learning how to see, as George Nelson
advised, is essential, because it is the invisible details
that shape our lives.
This is not a solo enterprise. We are at our best when
we collaborate; communities thrive when citizens share
a commitment to the future. This is perfectly illustrated
in Columbus, Indiana, the site of many an architecture
student’s pilgrimage. Here, a family’s dedication to
modern design led to a rich, and arguably unmatched,
urban tapestry. Today the city represents something
important, and through the efforts of a new generation
of locals, the hoped-for future for this “Athens of the
Prairie” is secure (page 102)
Success comes to those who are unafraid to fail.
Experimentation, and its inevitable setbacks, is crucial
for progress. Whether it’s a leap of faith, as in the case of
an artist who entrusted the realization of her dream
home to a young, aspiring architect and her builder
father (page 112), or the dogged pursuit of a material
breakthrough, as evidenced by a Miami Beach designer
who used his own home as a canvas (page 78), the specter
of defeat is a close companion to anyone taking a chance.
Don’t give up. Support the triumphs of others, take
heart in their unwillingness to accept restrictions.
When glassmaker Simon Pearce tired of the bureau-
cratic snarls of doing business in Ireland early in his
career, he left for the United States. Today his factories
are staffed by trained artisans who work with hand-
made tools, and he has created a thriving, modern
enterprise by using techniques employed for thousands
of years (page 60).
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limitations. Solid design thinking is the answer to all
problems in the pages that follow, whether the dwelling
is a light-starved railroad apartment in Brooklyn (page
68); a decrepit water tower in England (page 122); or a Los
Angeles bungalow in need of an accessible, secure
upgrade (page 128). These battles weren’t won overnight.
But the players persisted and they prevailed.
Ideas “Whatever you do in this world, you’ve got a respon-

sibility and a privilege of doing it the very best way you
can,” said J. Irwin Miller, a man who, through his appre-
for ciation for the arts, ensured that his hometown of

Columbus, Indiana, would thrive as an example of the
best kind of community building. “Whether it is archi-
Life tecture or cooking or drama or music, the best is none

too good for any of us.”
Amanda Dameron, Editor-in-Chief

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We had an LG Smart a self-preservation The WiFi didn’t work A great wireless Our automatic garage This morning, still
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House of Tomorrow Dwell Listens Columbus, Indiana High Times House of Tomorrow
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Bruce Greenlaw got his Christopher Griffith is an British photographer Axel Pfaender is an illus-
is a Charleston-based first taste of woodworking art and advertising pho- Jooney Woodward shot a trator based in Stuttgart,
freelance journalist. Born when he built his own off- tographer who has worked Victorian-era water tower Germany. A classically
in Manhattan and raised the-grid cabin in the High with such clients as Sony, in Fritham, England, that trained graphic designer
in London, she formerly Sierra in 1976. He’s been British Airways, Wrangler, was converted into liv- who started his career
worked at The Daily hooked ever since. After Toyota, and Shell. His most ing quarters by owners in Berlin, Pfaender says
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to business. For this issue, carpenter, and an architec- 2008), won several awards. architects at PAD Studio. anime. For this issue, he
Tuohy, a self-described tural woodworker, in 1988 Based in New York, Griffith “It was a delight to return contributed to a story on
“techie and Trekkie,” con- he started a career in pub- flew to Columbus, Indiana, to the beautiful New Forest home automation that
tributed to a package on lishing. Greenlaw has to shoot the city’s stel- National Park, where I examines the positive
the future of smart homes. contributed to numer- lar midcentury modern grew up,” says Woodward. and negative impacts of
Of all the connected ous outlets, including architecture for this issue. “It made me feel very technology in domestic
devices in her house, she The Chicago Tribune. For Columbus is known as nostalgic.” Now based in life. “I see potential for
says her Nest thermostat this issue, he consulted a design hotbed, but it London, Woodward has surveillance and total reli-
may be the smartest of all. on Dwell Listens and a impressed Griffith for exhibited at the Royal ance on technology,” says
“It might make a conspir- story about a farmhouse another reason: “It may be Academy of Arts and has Pfaender. “What does it
acy theorist very antsy,” in Pennsylvania with two- the friendliest place I’ve been featured in Vogue, mean for basic life skills
she notes. “But if it keeps story shutters. He and his ever been. Schoolkids say Esquire UK, and when everything is being
me cool in a hot Charleston wife, who live in North ‘hello’ or ‘good morning’ at T Magazine. taken care of by assistive
summer, it’s worth it.” Carolina, still find time to every turn.” technology?”
visit the cabin every year.
“Columbus feels a tad like The Truman Show

at first, but after hanging out for a
day or two, it’s amazingly comforting.”
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“Domino Effect,” an article that appeared in our March/April 2017 issue,
discussed a San Francisco house’s trimless doors, which close flush
with the walls. A curious reader, Robert Ranck, wanted more information.
We reached out to the designers, FQ Designs Group, and architect
Jon Peterson, of Design Conspiracy, to get answers. Happily they indulged
Ranck’s many queries.
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Planter Armchair Hammock Light Rocker

Made by hand in In 2000, Kartell intro- This is the first such Giravolta is a wireless Designed to sport
California, the TH2, or duced the Bubble Club perch for Paola Lenti, lamp that, thanks to ultra-comfy cushions
Hourglass planter, was line of polypropylene the purveyor of fine a 60-watt LED and a or exist simply without,
designed by La Gardo furnishings designed handmade furniture for battery, keeps full Sebastian Herkner’s
Tackett in 1950 for the by Philippe Starck. the outdoors. Designed power up to eight MBRACE rocker for
Architectural Pottery Comprising a sofa, a by longtime collabora- hours. Its extruded Dedon is a statement
collection. Today it’s table, and a chair, the tors Bestetti Associati, aluminum handle, piece with an extra-
made by Vessel USA; line has been a best the multicolored textile meant to evoke an oil wide back and a solid
each one takes up to seller ever since. Olive is made of rounded lamp of yore, joins the teak base. dedon.com
two weeks to produce. green, shown here, rope yarn cords woven base, while the swivel-
architecturalpottery is one of the latest on a loom in Italy. ing light can turn 360
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Rug Chair
Thank your neigh- The Broom chair by
borhood Swedish Emeco is a sustainable
superstore for this flat- choice that’s made
weave rug that’s easy in America from 75
to vacuum, easy to dry percent waste polypro-
out, and easy on the pylene and 15 percent
wallet. ikea.com reclaimed wood fiber
that would normally be
swept into the trash.
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Pillow Armchair
Knot, from Crate and The slim tube frame
OUTDOOR FURNITURE
Barrel, is a worthy of this lounge chair,

alfresco support part of the Modern
player, thanks to its by Dwell Magazine
spun polyester cover, line for Target, never
which protects against interferes with the
mildew and moisture. landscape. Designed
crateandbarrel.com to look just as tidy with
cushions as without,
it’s rust-resistant to
boot. target.com
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Lamp Table
A best seller in the Strut, a monochro-
American market, the matic outdoor table
KTribe lamp, designed by Blu Dot, has been
by Philippe Starck an MVP for the
for Flos, sports a die- company since its 4
cast aluminum base, introduction in 2005.
galvanized structural No wonder: Zinc-
elements, and an plated powder-coated
injection-molded steel makes it ready for
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polycarbonate inner outdoor prime time,
diffuser. The outer while its minimalist
diffuser is made from frame works nicely in
braided, colored any room.
PVC tubes. flos.com bludot.com
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Bar Stool Rug

The Palissade col- There are a lot of
lection of outdoor reasons to like the
furnishings by Ronan Samson outdoor rug
and Erwan Bouroullec by Dash and Albert—
for Hay is a collection it’s made of 100
of 13 powder-coated percent recycled PET,
steel pieces meant to a polyester fiber made
be equally appropriate from plastic bottles,
for civic spaces, hos- and when it gets dirty,
pitality environments, you can spray it down
and residences. with a hose. The price
No small feat. hay.com tag isn’t bad, either.
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Light Armchair Lamp

A conical shade of spun Electrostatic powder- Available in three
aluminum comple- coated aluminum is sizes, these delight-
mented by three rings the secret sauce for ful lighting pieces by 4
of die-cast aluminum Amari, Janus et Cie’s Foscarini are sculptural
directs a beam of light enduring, best-selling forms by day and
downward. Designed by piece. The overscale glowing orbs by night. 5
Alfred Homann and Ole dimensions remind us Made of polyethyl-
V. Kjær for Louis Poulsen that, for many people, ene, the Gregg floor
in 1976, the Nyhavn outdoor furniture has lamps are among the
wall sconce remains to be lounge-worthy— Italian company’s most
a best seller in the U.S. nay, throne-worthy. popular pieces in
louispoulsen.com janusetcie.com the American market.
foscarini.com
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Lounge Bar Stool Stool

Yes, an outdoor bed Patricia Urquiola Of all the design-
is a little much. But if designed the Maia line ers featured in
you’re going to go for Kettal in 2008 and these pages, we’d
for it, this one is made it has held its place wager that Charlotte
of powder-coated among the company’s Perriand spent the
aluminum and 100 top-selling inventory. most time enjoying
percent recyclable With hand-braided the outdoors. This
polyethylene. By Mario Chenilletex fabric and stool, the LC8, was
Ruiz for Gandia Blasco, an aluminum frame, it introduced in 1927
the Flat Circular Bed comes in a variety of and re-engineered for
is handmade in Spain. pieces, from bar stools outdoor use in 2012.
gandiablasco.com to lounges. kettal.com cassina.com

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Table Sofa Armchair

5 Toronto-based MSDS Created by the Variations of this staple
Studio, led by Jessica hardest-working man form have defined
Nakanishi and Jonathan in the sofa game, American landscapes
OUTDOOR FURNITURE
Sabine, created this Antonio Citterio, this since the turn of the
acrylic stone composite plush sofa with a teak last century. This
table for Muuto in 2017. frame is called Gio. rendition from Room
Called HALVES, the All of the padded ele- and Board, called the
piece is easily manipu- ments are covered in Emmet, is made in
lated and can present waterproof polyester. Duluth, Minnesota,
different silhouettes The wood has an from 100 percent
based on which way it intentional weathered recycled plastic.
faces. muuto.com finish. bebitalia.com roomandboard.com
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Chaise Table Chair

Longue New to the market by We just love that the
In the 1960s, Florence Dallas-based company designers LucidiPevere
Knoll, who is cel- Sutherland, this describe Backpack,
ebrating her 100th laminated teak coffee their new piece for
birthday this year, table, called Plateau, Ligne Roset, as “a
asked designer Richard is designed by Enrico long sack made of
Schultz for one thing: Bonetti and Dominic waterproof rubber
outdoor furniture Kozerski. We’re digging fabric with two cush-
that lasts. He delivered that brass drain, too. ions inserted into it.”
an entire collection. sutherlandfurniture ligneroset.com
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conversation Lara Deam Sam Kerr
Alejandro Aravena
The Pritzker Prize–winning Chilean architect
reflects on innovation, social
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The Ocho Quebradas House (top left Center—Anacleto Angelini (above)

and left), which Aravena has worked is one of several buildings the archi-
on since 2013, is an ongoing experi- tect has designed for his alma mater,
ment in primitive living. “What you’re the Universidad Católica de Chile.
questioning is, ‘What do I really The Villa Verde Housing project
need?” he says. The 2014 Innovation (below) was completed in 2016.
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houses we love J. Michael Welton
A Moveable Feat
Giant shutters open and close a rural
Pennsylvania residence, tempering light and heat.
Anyone who asks Jim Cutler about the 67-year-old architect. the architect, planting stakes at
to design a home faces three “He said, ‘At this point in my a number of sites.
facts. First, he’s a disciple of life, I’m leaving a legacy.’” Cutler drew up a different
Louis Kahn, having studied with The couple bought his pitch. house for each, recalling from
him for a year in 1974. Second, “At the end of the day, if there his youth the region’s vernacu-
the homes he designs belong as was an aesthetic call, who were lar—especially the crisp white
The two-story shutters, designed much to him as to their owners. we?” Brent says. In fact, they are barns nestled into lush green
by architect Jim Cutler and built And third, he’s an artist. owners of 91 rural Pennsylvania landscapes. They would inspire
by Breig Brothers Inc., glide with the
touch of a finger, thanks to a system
Just ask clients Brent Habig acres, located just 50 miles from the form of the couple’s new
that uses high-quality stainless steel and Ana Eccles. “He didn’t where Cutler grew up. In 2011, 2,800-square-foot home.
roller-bearing wheels (see drawing). mince his words,” Ana says they surveyed the property with It’s designed to capture natu-
ral light, but also to cool interi-
ors on hot summer days, using
tall, sliding shutters that can
cover the two-story home’s
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inch-and-a-half spacing, nine-
teen feet tall,” Cutler says.
Seen from a distance, the
structure looks like any other
barn. “But when you get close,”
notes Cutler, “you say, ‘Whoa!
What is that?’” The answer’s
easy: It’s a place-driven, Kahn-
inspired work of art, designed
by a devoted student.
Smooth Operator
A custom mechanism eases sliding.
A Mounting Hardware
B Steel Barndoor Track
C Steel Roller-Bearing Wheel
D Carriage
E Adjustable Steel Hanger
F U-Shaped Steel Bracket
G 1”-Thick Cedar Shutter
H Prefabricated Insulated Window
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House of Tomorrow
In fits and bursts, the evolution of the smart home continues.
sm a r t te c h
dors could top $470 argument to unplug

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
now to buy refrigera- domestic life. In the
tors that reorder their following pages, we
5
The ubiquitous smart- own groceries or front- explore the smart
phone aside, last door locks that fasten home’s present imper-
year, according to themselves when the fections and its seem-
Forrester Research, last light goes out? ingly limitless future,
just 6 percent of For starters, it’s gathering Silicon Valley
American households because owning a insiders, early adopt-
had a smart device— high-tech home isn’t ers, architects, and
electronics like speak- simple. The security experts to dig into the
ers or lights that can and privacy headaches current state of home
connect wirelessly to of being surrounded automation. We also
other objects and by Internet-connected shine a light on a mul-
perform some aspect objects are unsettling titude of gadgets and
of daily home life. enough. Add in the appliances that can
That’s fewer than one fact that the present connect, sense, learn,
might expect from smart-tech landscape listen, talk, or—one
listening to industry can be frustrating, full hopes—just make life
analysts, many of of complicated devices a little easier.
whom see a perpetu- aligned with rival fac-
ally bright future for tions that don’t want
the Internet of Things. to work together (eco-
The consulting firm systems like those run
Bain & Company fore- by Google, Amazon,
casts that annual and Apple), and you
revenues for IoT ven- have a compelling
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A hub is a universal Speakers that stream New this year, the Any device that’s con- Energy- and money- Vacuums went robotic
remote for the home. music over WiFi are Amazon Fire TV Edition nected to WiFi can saving smart thermo- early. The first Roomba
It connects different preferable to those is a line of 4K screens, be hacked. To guard stats like Ecobee4, was introduced in
devices to the cloud that use Bluetooth, each Alexa-enabled against attacks, new Honeywell Lyric, 2002. Now the com-
so you can control because they can’t be so they can control security-oriented and Nest Learning pany’s top models
them using one app. interrupted by texts broad swaths of the routers like Norton Thermostat let users can auto-clean at reg-
Widely considered the or calls. Sonos says its smart home.They’re Core act as gatekeep- fine-tune their ularly scheduled times
leader, Samsung multiroom WiFi speak- also outfitted with Fire ers, alerting users home’s temperature and be programmed
SmartThings supports ers will support Alexa TV, Amazon’s media to suspicious activity using a mobile app to avoid certain areas
200-plus gadgets. later this year. streaming player. on their network. or voice control. of the house.
4 5
3
2
We asked three
1 super-users to share
their voice histories...
A Day in the Life of

a Voice Assistant
JAS O N
JOHNSON
Cofounder and CEO of

August Home
San Francisco, California
06:33 AM “Alexa, what

is the weather today?”
Alexa reads the
weather forecast in the
bedroom to inform
my wardrobe decision.
08:16 AM “Alexa, turn

6 on sun block.” One
shade in the living
room closes so I can
read my iPad.
How Mixed Reality Can Conquer Buyer’s Remorse 08:59 AM “Alexa, turn
off house lights.”
When it comes to design, Using holographic headsets like Lowe’s has already introduced Connected Insteon
consumers have an “imagination Microsoft HoloLens, it’s pos- HoloLens demo stations at some lights turn off.
gap” that costs retailers billions. sible to overlay renderings of of its stores. Customers can
browse saved items from their 06:45 PM Approaching
While we might fall in love with anything—say, a sofa—on top
Pinterest boards, see similar the front door, I dou-
an image of a chair online, we of real backgrounds, effectively
ble-tap on my AirPod
can have a hard time picturing mixing virtual and real worlds. products from Lowe’s, and then
headphones: “Siri,
how it will look in our homes. “When people are renovating, interact with those objects as
unlock the door.” The
To stop customers from being able to overlay items within 3-D holograms using a headset. front door unlocks.
returning goods or giving up the current state of their home Amazon, too, seems to be
on purchases, many retailers is the most effective way to considering MR furniture shop- 07:57PM “Alexa, movie
are exploring cutting-edge help them visualize,” says Tal ping at its brick-and-mortar time.” The family room
mixed-reality (MR) technology Ball, CTO at home-improvement locations—yet another area lights up and the
to help shoppers preview e-tailer BuildDirect, which has where digital and physical are TV turns on; the front
design options before they buy. a HoloLens prototype program. bleeding together. door locks.
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2 N E W G A D G E T S P R O M I S E F E W E R C H O R E S I N T H E H A R D E S T-W O R K I N G R O O M .
5 1 2
TOA S T E R OV E N
4 Even the simplest The day of robot chefs
appliances are being is coming. The Tovala
rewired. Normal toast- combination oven
ers have a mechanism (available for pre-
for letting you know order), uses a barcode
6 when your bread is scanner to cook a
ready (“pop!”), but selection of meals that
the Griffin Connected the company sends
Toaster can notify subscribers via a deliv-
your phone. ery service.
1
3 4
WINE COOLER FAU C E T
For true oenophiles, Finding the sweet spot

the Plum wine cooler between scalding
identifies, chills, and and freezing on a fau-
preserves any standard cet can be annoyingly
750 milliliter bottle, tricky. Faucets with
then serves it at the digital displays, like
ideal temperature. The those made by Juno
only drawback? The Showers, let users see
tabletop unit holds just the exact temperature,
two bottles at a time. so no guess work.
5
SMOKE ALARM
Waving a dish towel is

an analog way to quiet
a smoke alarm. Using
an app to control the
beeping is much more
efficient. Plus, smart
alarms are safer. Nest
Protect tests its bat-
teries and sensors
3 more than 400 times
each day.
6
2 R E F R IG E R ATO R
Both Samsung and

LG have top-of-the-
line smart refrigerators
equipped with voice-
recognition technology,
touchscreens that can
When Your House Wants to Talk About Fast Food display and read reci-
pes, and internal cam-
eras for checking your
In-home voice assistants are actor said “OK, Google” to wake its system to stop Home from
grocery stock.
incredibly convenient, but the devices, then asked them responding to the ad.
devices like Amazon Echo and to recite the ingredients of a According to Google, the
Google Home have stoked next- Whopper. company is already developing
gen privacy concerns. There’s Technically, it worked. The ad audio tags that will tell Home
no shortage of reasons to be prompted Google voice helpers devices to tune out TV ads.
wary of always-on microphones. across the country to wake up But until they work well, smart
Some are chilling to contem- and read the burger’s Wikipedia homes may have irritating has-
plate, others more mundane, entry. The problem? Pranksters sles ahead. Welcome to a brave
like how they interact with TV immediately edited the article, new world of viral marketing:
ads. In April, Burger King aired a so Google Home listed rat stunts performed by light bulbs
commercial that was designed meat and cyanide as Whopper and coffee makers, with ad
to exploit viewers’ Google Home ingredients. Hours after the agencies and restaurant chains
units. In the ad, an on-screen spot debuted, Google updated pulling the strings.
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1 2 3 4 5
L IG H T I N G A L A R M C LO C K M AT T R E S S P I L LOW W I N D OW S H A D E S
Better illumination Look out, phone Even beds are getting Designed for those Technically, any win-
begins with better con- alarms. The Bonjour smarter. The Eight who require music to dow shade can be
trol. Philips Hue makes AI-enabled alarm clock mattress cover utilizes fall asleep, but whose automated by adding
LED lights that pro- (now in pre-order) can hundreds of sensors partners prefer quiet, an electric pulley
duce more than 16 do things like read the to measure sleep qual- the recently Kickstarted setup, but only the
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regular white—and, the coffee maker, and accompanying app will play tunes that are equipped with a Caséta
like other LEDs, they it has tons of integra- that lets users heat the audible only when hub, can be voice-
can screw into most tions with companies bed before tucking in one’s face is buried in controlled using Siri
standard fixtures. like Fitbit and Spotify. for the night. its cushion. or Amazon Alexa.
4 5

2
a Voice Assistant
S TA C E Y
H I GG I N B OT H A M
Host of Internet
of Things podcast
and blogger at
StaceyOnIOT.com
Austin, Texas
04:01 PM “Alexa, tell

Stringify to yoga.”
The automation app
Stringify closes the
blinds, dims the living
room lights, switches
the TV to Amazon
Prime for a yoga
video, and sets the
Ecobee thermostat
to 75 degrees.

Stringify to turn on 1 3
dinner party lights.”
The living room lights
turn pinkish and dim
to 30 percent, the din-
ing room lights dim How to Talk to an Architect About Getting Smart
to 40 percent, and the
kitchen lights dim to The first phase of the architec- Smart tech is a new tool for so many of their switches have
30 percent. tural process—before plans are helping residents fine-tune their voice control. They desired a
drawn or grades are shot—is vision. Case in point: A recent security system that was easy
09:50 PM “OK, Google,
programming. This is the stage client—a young family—had to use, so they bypassed the
can you keep mangoes
where architects take time to some specific needs that led national companies in favor of
in the refrigerator?”
listen to their clients’ needs and to clever, tech-forward solutions. a DIY setup—a network of bat-
Google Home answers,
“According to Not translate them into a design. Their baby boy has a habit of tery-powered, WiFi-connected
Enough Cinnamon, you Say they have a thing for flame- starting the day grouchy, so cameras and sensors, controlled
can keep peeled and grilled pork chops, but they to ease the transition to day- from their phones. Not long ago,
cubed mangoes in an don’t want to venture outside to time, a system was installed in these systems would have cost
air-tight container in make it happen. The architect his room that allows the roller a fortune. Now, with new prod-
the refrigerator for a might jot down that they need a blinds to automatically rise 10 ucts geared specifically for con-
few days and up to six cooktop with a char-broiler and minutes before wake time. The sumers, smart-tech makers are
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1 2 3
TOI L E T L E A K D E T E C TO R
Practically standard Water sensors can’t

in places like Japan, stop a leak, but they
smart toilets have been can warn homeowners 5
slow to catch on in about them early by
the U.S. New this year, sending phone alerts.
the TOTO self-clean- Honeywell and D-Link 2 4
ing, auto-opening, make versions that
wall-hung Neorest AC work directly through
Washlet aims to alter WiFi, meaning no hub
Americans’ habits. is needed.
3 4
S H OW E R TO OT H B R U S H
Who knows how much Although they’re pric-

H20 is wasted each ier than the drugstore
year by people waiting variety, smart brushes
for their showers to that record your clean-
warm up? U by Moen, ing habits and send you
shown this year at CES performance reports,
in Las Vegas, lets users like the kind made by
preheat their water Ara, might save you a
from their phone or a few bucks at the den-
digital controller. tist someday.
5 6
MIRROR SCALE
Panasonic made waves Weight is just one met-

when it unveiled its ric that a scale can
Smart Mirror, a vanity measure. The Withings
intended mainly for Body scale, for instance,
commercial use that captures body fat per-
takes photos of users’ centage, muscle mass,
faces, pinpoints their and more, and then
blemishes, and then uploads that informa-
recommends products tion automatically to
to alleviate them. an app.
1
6
Don’t Forget the Grain of Salt: Smart Tech Is Often Not-So-Smart

Gratuitous Use of WiFi: Internet of Threats: Security Outsourcing Brain Power: Smart Put a Camera on It: Tech is at
Connected coffee machines, is, unfortunately, often the last features have been grafted onto its best when it enhances daily
toasters, and tea kettles seem thing on an IoT manufacturer’s every object you can imagine. life, not when it photobombs it.
futuristic, but they do the same mind. In September 2016, the Smart forks tell us to stop eat- There are camera-equipped
things cheaper predecessors massive Mirai botnet infected ing. Smart water bottles tell mirrors that take selfies, ready
have done for decades. A pro- connected cameras, DVRs, and us when to drink. Smart trash to post before breakfast, and
grammable coffee maker costs routers with malware that dis- cans tell us when they’re full. camera-equipped sunglasses
$20, most toasters “alert” users rupted web access across large This may seem innocuous, but that let you record everything
by ejecting the heated bread, areas of the U.S. WiFi-enabled when we stop relying on basic around you, regardless of
and kettles whistle when the devices are prime targets for instincts to tell us when we’re whether bystanders are OK with
water’s ready. Make sure your attacks, in part because you hungry or thirsty, or that the it. Some smart tech is creepy
bandwidth-hogging gadget is can’t install antivirus software garbage is overflowing, what and intrusive, even before hack-
truly serving a need. on many of them. will happen to common sense? ers get their hands on it.
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3 5
1 4 a Voice Assistant
MICHAEL
WOLF
Founder of The Smart

Kitchen Summit, host
of The Smart Home Show
podcast, and blogger.
Edmunds, Washington

Anova to cook for
90 minutes at 130
degrees.” Anova, a
sous vide machine,
prepares the water to
cook a flank steak.
06:44 PM “Alexa, ask

Anova for status.”
Alexa responds, “Your
Anova is currently
cooking at a target 130
degrees, 62 minutes
remain on timer.”
06:37 PM “Alexa, play

Jeopardy!” Alexa
plays a game with
extra clues from the
evening’s episode.
2 06:50 PM “Alexa, ask

Food Tracker how
many calories are
6
in whole wheat flour.”
Alexa responds,
1 2 “One cup of whole
GA R AG E D O O R I R R IGAT IO N wheat flour has about
OPENER 408 calories.”
Alone, the Edyn Garden
Many garage doors Sensor is capable of 07:34 PM “OK, Google,
can be operated using monitoring your plants’ is ‘S-U-Q’ an accept-
dedicated controllers. health and sending able word to use in
Ryobi makes an opener insights to your smart-
Scrabble?” Google
that has a built-in WiFi phone. Paired with the
antenna so it can be Water Valve, it can Home responds, “Suq
controlled remotely with actually water the gar- [pronounced sook],
an iOS or Android app. den for you. an Arab market, mar-
ketplace, or bazaar.”
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Building the House of Tomorrow
Is the age of designing homes for connectivity finally here?
Today’s cars are technological marvels. always clear what works with builder’s California division.
They can be started remotely and use cam- what. Customers end up having “Your home recognizes you
multiple apps on their phones when you pull up, it recognizes
eras in reverse—some even drive themselves. to control different devices. you when you say good morn-
But when it comes to our homes, why do [Voice control] cuts through ing, it will shut down at night.”
we still turn a metal key to get inside, exert that complexity.” But it is just “We are on the precipice of a
ourselves to open windows, and walk to the one piece of the smart home completely different way of
door to see who’s there? The auto industry puzzle that firms such as Apple, living,” says Kaiserman. “Once
Amazon, and Google are racing people see it, it will have a rip-
is just a software chip away from creating to complete, putting voice ple effect into the general mar-
the KITT of our 1980s dreams. Meanwhile, assistants in smart speakers, ketplace.” This new way of
the Jetsons are laughing at us from the like the HomePod, Echo, and living is a home controlled by
Skypad Apartments. This inequality is about Google Home. Their ultimate advanced software systems,
to change, however, thanks to something goal is to create the ecosystem using machine learning and
through which you will manage artificial intelligence. Voice
the automotive star of Knight Rider intro- your entire life. assistants will no longer live in
duced us to: voice control. The best place to see this cylindrical speakers, but in
future in action is in new con- thermostats, light switches, and
struction. “New construction smoke alarms. “We envision
really eliminates consumer a home where you speak to lots
frustration by considering tech- of things,” says Rausch.
“We think voice is the future— nology as we build, so it all just As intuitive and useful as
we believe it will fundamentally works,” says David Kaiserman, voice control is today, it’s just
improve the way people inter- president of Lennar Ventures, the gateway to the new smart
act with technology,” says a division of the nationwide home. “The future connected
Daniel Rausch, VP of Smart homebuilder Lennar. In June, home is one that responds to
Home at Amazon, whose Alexa Lennar announced that it will your habits and behaviors and
voice assistant is a leader in begin selling new homes that gives you guidance and knowl-
home voice control. “It’s the are equipped with connected edge,” says Foley. He sees the
simplest, most natural, and devices, supported by enter- home as evolving in the same
most convenient way to control prise-grade, whole-home WiFi, way the car has, becoming
the home.” and integrated with Alexa voice completely computerized.
“Modern life can be chaotic, control. Rausch expects the “I fully expect us to be able to
especially if you have kids or a partnership between Amazon walk up to a house, plug in a
demanding job,” notes Stuart and Lennar will “bring the smart dongle, get a diagnostic report,
Lombard, president and CEO of home to thousands of people and be able to fix it.”
Ecobee, a smart-home com- around the country.” Or, in other words, one day
pany whose new thermostat In May, Canada-based your home’s intelligence may
comes with Alexa voice service. builder Brookfield Residential rival KITT’s. One day your house
“Technology can take away announced that connected may be able to fix itself.
some of that friction.” lights, locks, and thermostats
But all too often technology supported by Apple’s HomeKit
adds friction. “Customers strug- will go into all its new Southern
gle with the complexity of the California homes. “[These] give
smart home,” says Rausch. you the ability to do things that
“There are devices from many could be game-changing,” says
different makers, and it’s not Adrian Foley, COO of the

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process TEXT BY PHOTOS BY
Arlene Hirst Jamie Chung
Hot Topic At one of the last American glass

factories of its kind, everything is made
in-house—from the tools to the electricity.
Simon Pearce was trained to follow

in the footsteps of his father, a potter.
But he had something else in mind.
“It seemed like everyone was making
pottery and no one was making glass,”
he recalls. So Pearce set out from
Ireland, where he was raised, to learn
the trade of glassmaking, traveling
throughout Europe and apprenticing
in places like Orrefors in Sweden and
Venini in Italy. The journey lasted
almost four years, and at the end of it,
he came home to open his own glass
factory in Kilkenny. After a decade he
grew frustrated with the red tape and
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business in Ireland at the time and set
his sights on the United States. There,
he sought three things: a beautiful
place in which to live, a factory with
alternative sources of energy, and
enough space for a retail store—
because, as he puts it, “The best place
to sell glass is in a glass factory.”
Designer Simon Pearce, shown at ingredients in huge ovens, then

his factory in Windsor, Vermont, gathering the molten material onto
makes handblown glass the same iron blowpipes. A finished Westport
way it’s been made for thousands footed glass sits on a nearby
of years, by melting the raw workstation as a point of reference.

process
As one artisan creates the base

of the glass, another gathers,
blocks, and blows the material
for the cup. The two halves will
later be joined.
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BLOW BY BLOW
No two glasses at Simon Pearce are exactly alike, but after
a decade of practice, master artisans come close.
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GATHERING BLOCKING
A pipe is dipped into the furnace to collect enough molten Next, the honey-like material is blocked, or centered and
material for the glass’s base. If the pipe isn’t constantly turned cooled, using a cherry wood tool kept wet in a pail of water.
7C@>DE2CEE@Ǝ?:D9OE968=2DDH:==82:?2?F?6G6?D92A6N The process keeps the glass from becoming too “wobbly.”
Pearce and his wife, Pia, spent a month pressed- and blown-glass factories in the Most of the craftspeople at the factories
traveling the country in search of the per- Ohio Valley alone. By 1959, there were just are from nearby towns. Apprentices don’t
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Quechee, Vermont, where they fell in love The rest had vanished, victims of foreign “In the beginning, they just try not to get
with a 19th-century mill perched atop the competition and changing tastes. Today 3FC?EOl'62C46D2JDN+96:CƎCDEE2D<:D
falls of the Ottauquechee River, overlook- handcrafted glassmaking has virtually learning how to gather glass—dipping a
ing a covered bridge. “We bought it at the disappeared, with the exception of small rod into the blazing furnace and bringing
end of 1980 and opened a factory in August artisanal producers. it to the blower. Each new employee is on
1981,” Pearce remembers. “I brought three James Murray, head of Simon Pearce’s a path to go from apprentice to journey-
glassmakers with me.” design team, is tasked with keeping pace man to craftsman to master. It takes about
Now employing 44 glassmakers, Simon with design trends and translating the ƎG6J62CDE@249:6G6AC@Ǝ4:6?4J2?5E6?
Pearce’s namesake studio is one of the last brand’s style of Georgian glassware, nota- to earn the highest status.
large-scale handblown glass operations in ble for its heft and classic proportions, to Pearce has no immediate plans for
the U.S. There are three factories today— a younger audience. Together with Pearce, any major new projects. “More isn’t
two in Vermont and one in Maryland—but he works on all new items. “Simon always better,” he says. “We’re not focused
the company has never strayed from and I like to debate things,” says Murray. on growth, but on excellence.”
the same techniques that have been used
to make glass for the last 5,000 years.
Everything in the factories, from the The top of the glass takes shape when the pipe is placed in a
blowpipes to the furnaces, is made in- graphite mold and blown into, as the pipe is constantly spun.
house. As was hoped, the Quechee location
even produces its own power, with a
hydroelectric turbine that sends enough
electricity back to the grid to pay for the
Windsor, Vermont, location’s needs, too.
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the 20th century, glassmaking was a major
American industry, with more than 100
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process
MOLDING MAKING A PONTIL

A cherry wood mold is used to shape To be able to detach the base from the pipe,
the base of the glass. The mold is made in-house, an iron is used to gather a small amount of glass, known
as are all the factory’s tools. as a pontil. A cross is then cut into the
hot glass, creating the company’s imprint.
APPLYING THE PONTIL MARRYING BASE AND CUP

%6IEE96A@?E:=:D27ƎI65E@E9632D6OFD:?82EH66K6CW=:<6 The cup and base are then reheated to the
tool called the “jacks” to separate it from the pipe. same temperature and joined.

process

NECKING REHEATING
Using the jacks, a seam is created that will After the glass has been reheated in an
be used to pop the cup off its pipe. oven called a glory hole, the jacks are used to open
the mouth of the cup.
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FINISHING CHECKING
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wrapped in wet newspaper, which enables the blower to dimensions are correct, although handmade glass
feel the molten glass while shaping it. will never be exact.

process
“The handcrafted
tools our glass-
makers use are
as special as
the glass itself.”
Simon Pearce, founder
The finished product, the Westport

footed glass, is shown here fresh
from the lehr, a temperature-
controlled kiln that slowly cools the
glass over an 8-to-10-hour period.
The piece, which was created by
design director James Murray in
2013, is a top performer for the
company. Murray notes, “It has so
much more action and warmth than
machine-made glass.”
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LEG ARY PERFORMA C E FA B R I C S ™
renovation TEXT BY PHOTOS BY
Arlene Hirst Fran Parente
Paint It White
With a monochromatic makeover,
a pair of designers revive a common
Brooklyn brownstone apartment.
To make the interior of their 12-foot- paint in All White for the floors and
wide Brooklyn home feel larger, applied Benjamin Moore Super
designers Ed Parker and Barbara White with a flat finish to the walls.
Tutino Parker used Farrow & Ball They also rearranged the floor plan.

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“When everything is painted
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because it goes from being
a rectangle to a square.”
ED PARKER, DESIGNER AND RESIDENT
The large front parlor was turned vinyl and booze. Music flows via a
into a music room that flows seam- Pro-Ject Debut III turntable, a pair
lessly into a long dining room. of Elipson Planet L speakers, and a
A USM credenza (above) holds Music Hall Audio amplifier.

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In the kitchen (above left), a PH 50 cast-iron metal security grate from and opposite, top) features a USM
pendant by Poul Henningsen for King Architectural Metals. The credenza for the television; the cou-
Louis Poulsen hangs overhead; the painted patterned floor is by Lillian ple’s Petrie sofa is from Crate and
window is covered in a decorative Heard Studio. The TV room (below Barrel. The coffee table is custom.

renovation
Elbow chairs by Hans J. Wegner The trio of A330S pendants are by

for Carl Hansen & Søn surround Alvar Aalto for Artek. The painting,
a table of the couple’s own design The Look, is by Ed Parker. Stained-
(below). By removing walls in this glass windows mark the facade
space, extra storage was possible. of the Park Slope building (right).
Co-op Apartment N
DESIGNERS Ed Parker and Barbara

Tutino Parker
LOCATION Brooklyn, New York
A Music Room
B Dining Room
C Entrance F
D Bedroom
E TV Room
F Bathroom G
G Kitchen
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A laser-cut metal pergola
anchors a tranquil garden
near Los Angeles.

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While studying silk-screening in college, concrete benches, complete with a water

Lillian Montalvo was encouraged to test feature that spills into a metal basin.
the limits of her imagination. She obliged, Since her clients envisioned a pergola
throwing dry spaghetti onto a table and E92E@776C65Ǝ=E6C65=:89EJ6EH2D2=D@
watching as the pieces fell into a pleasing maintenance-free, she considered but
arrangement. That linear pattern, which ultimately jettisoned materials like wood,
she says evoked the “randomness” of fabric, and woven willow. And then she
nature, stuck with her. hit upon the idea of a metal frame, topped
Fast forward a few years, and Montalvo, with panels laser-cut in a geometric
now a landscape designer, was updating design that recalled her youthful experi-
the backyard of a home northeast of Los ment with pasta. “This is more manipu-
?86=6DN'=2?E65H:E9>2EFC6@2<DOƎ8DO lated, of course,” Montalvo says, “but I’ve
and a variety of citrus trees, the garden always liked the way the pattern looked.
had been added to over the years, but it It’s funny where inspiration comes from.”
lacked a sense of coherence with the Having integrated laser-cut metal in
house’s midcentury lines. a previous garden project, Montalvo called
And then there was the question of FA@?E96D2>6=@42=ƎC>O2?C:49.6=5:?8O
what to do with the sizable mound of dirt E@4FE W3JW W7@@ED966ED@7Ʊ¡ǂW:?49WE9:4<
where an oak tree once stood. aluminum for the pergola roof. “The bulk
Taking the architecture into account, of our work is doing after-market trike
Montalvo came up with a plan to level conversions—converting motorcycles
Landscape designer Lillian Montalvo
swapped disparate plantings for a
the mound and replace it with a modern, E@E9C66WH966=6CDOlD2JD2?C:49AC6D:56?E
cohesive plan centered on a pergola open-air structure set atop a large con- James Green, who worked closely with
(below). The front garden (above). crete slab, with cantilevered stairs and Montalvo to hone a design that could easily

364FE3JE96ƎC>kDOWH2EE+CF>A7 The designer collaborated with Mediterranean, and Australian
laser machine. fabricator Danrich Welding to plants she introduced. The pieces
Montalvo, a native of Cuba who was create the powder-coated alumi- of crushed glass embedded in the
num panels that top the pergola; poured concrete beneath the
raised in New Orleans and is now a resident
their irregular lines complement canopy (below) were hand selected
of Los Angeles, brought together a diverse the drought-tolerant African, by Montalvo and her client.
array of plants from around the world.
There’s agave, aloe, aeonium, westringia,
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“It’s mostly Australian, Mediterranean,
and African, and as drought-tolerant as
you can get without going to just succu-
lents,” she says. “I usually do big sweeps
of one, two, or three plants, but with this
house I did a lot more texture because
that’s what the owners like.”
The residents are delighted to have a
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place where they can entertain or simply
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“The pergola is quite large, but it never
feels like an enclosed space,” says the wife.
“It’s stunning in summer because of the
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“There’s a randomness
to the pattern of the
laser-cut panels, like
Pick-Up Sticks. If you
tried to do it deliberately,
it wouldn’t look as cool.
It’s like a thicket.”
LILLIAN MONTALVO,
LANDSCAPE DESIGNER
Water recirculates from a bench-

level channel into a shallow pool
bordered by succulents (left).
Montalvo’s longtime landscape con-
tractor Santiago Vasquez worked
with her on the hardscaping.

my house AS TOLD TO PHOTOS BY
Heather Corcoran Ian Allen
Pattern Recognition
Using his Miami Beach home as a laboratory,
professor and designer Nick Gelpi tests a
material that recasts concrete’s tough image.
“For the majority of the day, when undulating wood-based concrete

the sun is high, you almost don’t tiles that clad his home in Miami
notice the texture on the exterior. Beach. “But at moments, the sun
It just fades into a flat wash,” hits at a certain angle and really
says designer Nick Gelpi of the activates the surface.”

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The tiles’ forms inspired the soft, (below). With its views of the court- There’s a saying, according to Nick
curving shapes of Gelpi’s furniture yard, Glo-Ball pendant by Jasper Gelpi, that architects don’t design details
designs, including an ash break- Morrison for Flos, and vintage
in Miami, they shop for them. That’s
fast table, built by Nick Gilmore chairs, this spot is a family favorite.
because strict product-approval guidelines
can leave designers with a limited palette
of materials to choose from in this hurri-
cane-prone region. While the challenge
would discourage some, Gelpi embraced it
head-on when he traded a post at Steven
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New York City for his own practice in
Miami Beach.
With his 1960s ranch house in Mid-
Beach as a testing ground, Gelpi wrapped
the facade in a grid of curved tiles made
of a wood-based concrete from Belgium,
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in the United States. Here, he shares the
interwoven story of his home’s origins and
an emerging material’s potential.
“With every experiment, my

goal is to arrive at some
pushback, the point at which
the material becomes a sort
of sparring partner.”
NICK GELPI, RESIDENT AND DESIGNER
Exotic Concrete House N
ARCHITECT OF RECORD: STA

Architectural Group
DESIGNER Nick Gelpi
LOCATION Miami Beach, Florida
L C
K D
B
J A
G
C
I F E
E
H
A Entrance D Garage G Walk-in Closet J Living Area

B Breakfast Nook E Bedroom H Master Bathroom K Dining Area
C Bathroom F Study I Master Bedroom L Kitchen

my house
Nick Gelpi: The original house is typical Several people suggested that we demolish the Everglades, chipping them, mineral-
of midcentury Miami Beach, somewhat the house, but we wanted to save it. izing the wood chips, and then casting
small for its neighborhood, but it’s inter- I’m a professor at Florida International them into cement—basically making a
esting in its renovation. We totally recon- University, and prior to the renovation, H@@5W32D654@?4C6E6N+96C6kD2Ə2EE:=6
Ǝ8FC65E96:?E6C:@COE@@<@FE2==E96H2==DO my students and I worked on a grant spon- and three others that bulge out one, two,
and really opened it up. It’s a house with sored by private industry to explore the or three inches. They’re each precast and
some highly customized interventions in potential applications of a wood-based then individually hung on the concrete
space: built-in furniture on the inside and concrete that a man in Belgium, Paul block structure with typical precast clips.
custom textured panels on the exterior. Portier, had innovated. We looked at ways We wanted it to seem almost like some-
We softened it through experimentation to bring this material to Florida, using thing was bubbling up from below the
and adding some playful design moves. an invasive tree species as an ingredient, surface. We 3D-printed a series of tiles and
It wasn’t in disrepair, but it had had a which seemed like a nice solution to an arranged them in different orientations.
series of cosmetic renovations. Once we environmental problem. Ultimately, my If you look at the elevations, they create
started peeling away the layers, we realized wife said, “Why don’t we just use our kind of a diagonal wave pattern, which we
a lot of things needed to be replaced. We house as a case study?” thought was appropriate because we’re
kept the existing roof, but we repaired it. We chose to test the material as a tile. about a quarter mile from the ocean.
We kept the exterior walls, but we intro- It’s basically a three-inch-thick concrete Kids and adults alike ask questions.
duced new windows. It was originally a panel with a special mineralized wood They can’t help but go up and touch it,
two-bedroom that we converted to three core. The precast panels are made by tak- which is unusual for a home. You don’t
smaller bedrooms with an addition. ing pieces of an invasive tree species from typically pet buildings.
Rounded 24-inch-square tiles

(left), which were custom cast by
Architectural Art-Crete, cover most
of the facade.
When the house’s existing slab

proved too damaged, Gelpi opted
for a terrazzo floor tile by Perpetua
(above) in the same dimensions as
the exterior tiles.
A 450-square-foot addition recon-

figured the ranch house from an
L- to a U-shape (left). Panes by Eco
Window Systems align with the grid
of tiles (above).

my house
M AT E R I A L I N T E L L I G E N C E
The
Casting
Crew Clockwise from top left: The tiles melaleuca tree, a species origi-
were cast from urethane rubber nally from Australia. The team cre-
molds. These were based on ply- ated test cylinders to evaluate
wood masters. The wood-based the strength of varying blends of
concrete uses chips from the the aggregate material.
When a grant enabled Nick businessman Gary Wasserman, developed the material and
Gelpi to be the first person funded a lab class, the goal Wasserman. When the course
in North America to test a new of which was to hone the mate- ended, Gelpi chose to test
PHOTOS: NICK GELPI, HERB NEUFELD (TREE)
wood-based concrete, he rial’s recipe, find a local wood the material as a tile on his own
invited graduate students at source, and develop new uses. house. He experimented with
Florida International University For the wood core, Gelpi shapes, ultimately opting to
to join in his research. This chose melaleuca, a tree spe- CNC-machine 24-inch-square
material, pioneered by the cies that is invasive in the plywood master molds for
Belgian firm Prefer, has a pro- Everglades. Next, the team four different tiles. Precasting
prietary core made of miner- tested various blends of company Architectural Art-
alized wood chips, making it cement, water, and wood Crete turned these into ure-
more insulating and 70 per- chips, which were donated by thane rubber molds that were
cent lighter than regular con- Allied Prefer, a partnership then used to cast the project’s
crete. The grant, provided by between the Belgian firm that 320 undulating tiles.

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Located in Orinda, California,

a three-bedroom house by architect
Greg Faulkner took its first aes-
thetic cue from a large oak tree on
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a material counterpoint on the inte-
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Tree
The Nature informs every aspect of a Northern California residence.
TEX T BY Laura Mauk PHOTOS BY Joe Fletcher
Giving
85
86
DZINE Concept did the interior to an island with Bretonstone coun- dwellings
design throughout. The dining room tertops; the faucet is by Blanco.
(opposite) features a Liquid table The living room features a sectional
by Baxter and Charme chairs from sofa and leather chair by Zanotta,
Busnelli. In the kitchen (below), coffee tables by Porro, a Kymo rug,
bar stools by Living Divani pull up and a floor lamp from Flos (bottom).
If ever there was a design for a home young sons—searched for the right prop-
that was informed almost exclusively 6CEJ7@C2J62C2?5292=7Nj.6=:G65:?
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dwellings
“These rusting masses of steel

change and refresh every time
it rains, just like the landscape.”
GREG FAULKNER, ARCHITECT
PHOTOS: TKTKTKTK
Overlooking the double-height

living/dining area is the mezzanine
level, where the master suite and
office are located. The ceiling
is untreated white oak (opposite).

“You see the tree and smell
the oak when you walk in the house.”
GREG FAULKNER
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A second-floor “pacing” deck (left) says the architect, who shaded the dwellings
marks Faulkner’s design, as it gives area with perforated steel screens
the residents the feeling of being and more solid Cor-Ten steel. A
indoors and in the landscape at charcoal triptych by Gina Jacupke
once. “The deck runs along the sec- hangs above the Living Divani bed in
ond floor, adjacent to a bedroom,” the master suite (below).
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utilized the footprint of the existing the terrace frames the Paola Lenti
house as a basis for a new floor plan. chaise longue (opposite).
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Kimberlie Birks Stéphane Groleau and Laëtitia Boudaud
ghost
in
A new home replenishes Quebec’s vanishing stock of farmhouses.
the
shell A combination of Alumilex and
Marvin windows dot the exte-
rior of a pitched-roof house in
North Hatley, Quebec, designed
by Lee and Macgillivray
creates sight lines across the
4,770-square-foot structure.
Northern Wide Plank sourced
the reclaimed hemlock for the
facade; Sherma Construction
Architecture Studio (LAMAS). picked the specific boards to
The placement of the windows create a cohesive look.
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dwellings “We were researching places where (below), Blanche sofas by EQ3 are
we could get fake old beams, paired with Library task floor lamps
but at the last minute, the contrac- from Restoration Hardware. The
tor found some from a barn that painting is by Brian Burke. Verona
was coming down,” recalls archi- chairs from Structube surround
tect Vivian Lee. In the living area a vintage dining table (opposite).
When a Toronto couple with shared company,” Lee says. “It was all we would
interests in land conservation and crafts- think about when we weren’t teaching.”
manship approached Lee and Macgillivray The clients’ directions were clear. “In
Architecture Studio (LAMAS) to build a @FCƎCDE>66E:?8 ;FDED2:5Oi.6H2?EE@
new home on their 200-acre property in pay homage to barns, but on the inside we
North Hatley, Quebec, a fertile partnership want a clean place,’” says the artist, whose
took root. The couple, an artist and a abiding fascination with the region’s dis-
farmer, had bought the land—originally appearing farm buildings led her to create
two adjacent farms—15 years earlier and a series of paintings titled Ghost Barns.
wanted to replace the derelict homestead Then based at the University of
on one of them with a new house now Michigan in Ann Arbor, LAMAS did a deep
that they had retired and were spending dive into stylistically similar architecture
more time there. While attending a dinner from New England, complemented by
party in North Hatley, the couple were Macgillivray’s memories of childhood
delighted to learn that their hosts’ son, summers spent in North Hatley. “I remem-
James Macgillivray, was a Princeton-and 36CE92EƎCDEG:D:E3642FD6H6C62=:K65
Harvard-trained architect. we had done these very academic schemes
The timing was perfect for everyone, without thinking about the land,” Lee
as Macgillivray had recently left Peter Gluck recalls. A thorough walk of the property
and Partners in New York to launch his made it clear that their meticulous
own studio with his partner, Vivian Lee, research needed to be cultivated by the
and was looking for opportunities to build DA64:Ǝ4D@7E96A=246Nj!2>6D2?5 D:E65
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The LAMAS team studied local Quebec village,” architect James

and regional vernacular before Macgillivray notes. An antique blan-
beginning the design. “Many of ket box is one of the few furnishings
the towns around here have a New in the master bedroom (opposite).
England architecture. It’s more The flooring and stair treads
Vermont-looking than the typical are by Northern Wide Plank (right).
It was this process that led them to the

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advantage of the views, the prevailing wind,
and the movements of the sun if it adopted
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expresses typical farmhouse elements in
new ways, with its three connected build-
ings circling around a central courtyard so
that the windows often align to frame the
landscape through other interior views.
The result is a building that looks largely
traditional from the exterior, but whose
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telescoping effect.
“I think that time was really the luxury
here,” Lee says. Designing the structure over
the course of two years, LAMAS was able to
draw on Macgillivray’s familiarity with the
place, hone a deep understanding of the
vernacular of the region, and get to know Townships Farmhouse N
the subtleties of both the site and its own-
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echoes the narrow proportions of the tradi- Architecture Studio (LAMAS)
tional sleeping porches that Macgillivray
spent many a summer night on as a child, A Master Bedroom F Living/Dining Area L Bunk Room
B Walk-in Closet G Kitchen M Bedroom
while in the courtyard, traditional sliding
C Master Bathroom H Bathroom N Office
barn doors function like rugged versions of D Study I Mudroom O Family Room
the shoji screens the clients like. E Porch J Garage P Billiards Room
To accommodate the owners’ desire to K Entrance
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same can be said for the home’s heating and
F H
cooling, which is geothermal. “We don’t
design sustainability as an add-on,” K
Macgillivray explains. “We think it should M
be integral to each project.” H
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Sustainability also guided the selection
of materials, which were locally sourced I
and often repurposed. Using hemlock First Floor Second Floor

salvaged from dilapidated barns of the

One of the pitched roofs extends to
the ground, concealing an entrance
(left). The master bathroom features
sinks and fixtures by Kohler (below
left). The tub is by Aktuell. Antique-
looking birdhouses are displayed
in a hallway office space upstairs
(below right). LAMAS designed a
quartet of bunkbeds large enough
for adults (opposite).
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at Sherma Construction with meticulously guests their own private perch over the
selecting boards of the right color and sweep of the farm.
length so as not to create a patchwork “We’re very happy here,” says one of
effect. “Many of the house’s structural the homeowners, beaming. Pinwheeling
details are de rigueur for a really modern around itself and through time, the resi-
museum or apartment, which these con- dence is at once a farmhouse and a totem
tractors don’t really do, but they inter- to the past and future. “It’s a funny full
preted them perfectly,” says Macgillivray, circle with the Ghost Barns paintings,”
who delighted in the old-school culture Lee muses. “This house sources from
of craftsmanship he witnessed in the local the barns that are coming down around
team. Upstairs, two guest rooms, two here in order to rebuild something new.”
baths, the bunkroom, an entertainment Here’s to future apparitions.

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Columbus, Indiana
A photographic celebration of a
small American city and its design legacy.
PHOTOS BY
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The North Christian Church A trim 192-foot-tall spire “As an architect, when I face Saint Peter
was Eero Saarinen’s last build- (opposite) tops the sloping
ing; he passed away unexpect- roof of the six-sided building. I am able to say that out of the buildings I did
edly before it was finished. The central altar is crowned during my lifetime, one of the best
Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo by an oculus in the cast-
and Associates completed concrete ceiling. The church is was this little church.” E E R O S A A R I N E N , A R C H I T E C T
the project three years later. a National Historic Landmark.
NORTH CHRISTI AN CHU RCH

E E RO SA A R I N E N, 1964

dispatch “There is really no equivalent of Columbus anywhere—
there is no other place in which a single philanthropist
has placed so much faith in architecture as a
means for civic engagement. PAU L G O L D B E R G E R , A R C H I T E C T U R E C R I T I C
I
IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE TO FOLLOWERS
of midcentury modernism that Columbus,
Indiana, is one of the most important design
destinations in America. A laboratory of
ideas spurred in the 1940s and 1950s by the
patronage of the forward-thinking Miller
PHOTOS OF MAQUETTES: HADLEY FRUITS

family and its Cummins Engine Foundation,
the city of 46,000 is home to a staggering
number of public works created by the most
recognizable names in 20th-century archi-
tecture: Saarinen, Roche, Weese, Noyes, Pei,
and Pelli, among many others. The city
demonstrates how an enlightened practice
of culture can alter history and change lives.
In the following pages, we present but a tiny
glimpse of Columbus and nod to its future.
Cummins Engine Company head from a list compiled by Miller. The Union Bank and Trust (now renamed to openness and transparency.
J. Irwin Miller (1909–2004) pro- program was initiated with public the Irwin Conference Center). Its Saarinen’s overhead lighting was
moted architecture in Columbus schools, and later included fire sta- aesthetic is credited with influencing unusual: Concave expanses hold
through a program in which the tions, public housing, and other the design of financial institutions custom fixtures, while a constel-
company paid the architects’ fee, community structures. In 1954, for the next several decades, largely lation of smaller embedded bulbs
provided clients selected a firm Eero Saarinen designed the Irwin due to the architect’s approach plays up the feeling of space.
The Girard Effect

In 1964, Alexander Girard conceived a new visual identity for Columbus
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promenade of Victorian-era storefronts on Washington Street. After consulting with
business leaders, the architect unveiled his hand-painted maquettes (below) to the community.
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E E RO SA A R I N E N, 1954
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Eliel Saarinen’s First Christian and designer Charles Eames
Church was the first modern contributed designs for the inte-
structure built in Columbus, rior. A 166-foot-high campanile
and one of the earliest modern (opposite) is a defining feature.
churches in the United States. The son of a Lutheran minister,
Saarinen’s son, architect Eero Eliel Saarinen described it as “a
Saarinen; his wife, Loja Saarinen; simple church for simple people.”
FIRST CHRISTI AN CHU RCH

E L I E L SA A R I N E N, 1942
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“Here they don’t say things like, ‘That doesn’t
look like a church,’ or ‘That doesn’t look like a school.’
If there is criticism, it is more along the lines
of saying what doesn’t work well, and you can’t ask
for a better climate than that.”
J . I R W I N M I L L E R , C O L U M B U S R E S I D E N T A N D PAT R O N O F T H E A R T S , 19 7 6
dispatch The fortress-like facade of Southside mind. From 1964 to 1965, Alexander
Elementary School, designed by Girard designed the interiors of the
architect Eliot Noyes in 1969 as a Cummins Corporate Office. For
junior high school, features Brutalist, the lobby’s ceiling (opposite), Girard
precast concrete panels and worked with Cummins project
slotted windows. The building was manager Harold Hatter to fabricate
conceived with energy efficiency in the plaster-coated metal “stalactites.”
S OU T H SI DE E L E M E N TA RY S C HO OL
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According to the project brochure, “One of the startling aspects of the

proposal and one which was of immediate appeal to young people in the community was
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“Much of Girard’s residential, retail, and commercial
work has been lost. Columbus is one of the few
locations where several interrelated and intact projects
can still be visited, and as such is key to understanding
Girard’s work as a system stretching from the selection
of china to the reconstruction of historic facades.”
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C U M M I N S C O R P O R AT E O F F I C E
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Exhibit Columbus: A New Era of Celebrating Design
The unique energy of Columbus continues to resonate thanks to the efforts of a dedicated local community.
Inaugurated in 2016, Exhibit Columbus, led by Landmark Columbus director Richard McCoy,
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by the global design community and fabricated by local makers using local materials,
Exhibit Columbus represents the next chapter for the city.
5 1
J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize Installations

Following a juried competition, five firms respond to iconic sites in the city.
1 2 3 4 5
WIIKIAAMI BY ANOTHER CIRCLE BY CONVERSATION PLINTH ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN Rick Valicenti’s UNTITLED BY OYLER WU
STUDIO: INDIGENOUS ARANDA\LASCH BY IKD IN THE WOODS BY energetic graphic identity COLLABORATIVE
PLAN B ARCHITECTURE for Exhibit Columbus
Constructed of rebar Comprising 2,800 pieces Inspired by the conversa- & URBANISM Eero Saarinen’s interest
and perforated copper of salvaged Indiana tion pit in Eero Saarinen’s (above) recalls the legacy in Euclidean geometries,
scales, a contemporary limestone, a 3.5-acre Miller House, large shift- An installation reimag- of Alexander Girard. contrasts between solids
“wigwam”—wiikiaami circle ties together three ing timber discs com- ines the pergola at the and voids, and tectonics
in the language of sites at Michael Van pose a series of plinths Cummins Corporate informs Oyler Wu’s design,
the indigenous Miyaamia Valkenburgh Associates’ around the Henry Moore Office Building, designed which uses three canopies
people—serves as Mill Race Park—the round sculpture at the Cleo by Kevin Roche John at the Irwin Conference
a gathering space lake, the People Trail, Rogers Memorial Library Dinkeloo and Associates, Center—legacies of
as well as a gateway and the river. Within the by I. M. Pei & Partners. as an urban forest— the building’s history
to Eliel Saarinen’s First circle, additional stones The installation was including mirrored col- as a drive-up bank—to
Christian Church. are placed to create a designed in collaboration umns, conversation pits, create a self-contained
theater, areas for games, with cross-laminated outdoor rooms, and complex of solid and
and more. timber (CLT) specialists. grass-covered mounds. semipermeable walls.
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Detour: Columbus, Indiana
A tremendous number of design destinations await visitors to Columbus—
many more than we have room to accommodate in these pages. We’ve plotted
the sites we photographed for this feature, as well as several of the city’s
seven National Historic Landmarks. The Miller House and Garden, not shown
here, is located in a residential area and is accessible only via a tour that begins
at the Columbus Visitors Center.
Washington Street N
As part of Exhibit Columbus, five
international galleries teamed
up with innovative designers to A
create temporary installations
on or near the city’s main drag.
1 Patrick Parrish Gallery/ 7th

Cody Hoyt
2 Dzek/Studio
1
Formafantasma 2
3 Etage Projects/
Pettersen & Hein
4 Volume Gallery/ B
Snarkitecture
5 Maniera/ Productora
4th
The designers were
challenged to create 3
an object or experience 4
that enhances human
interaction and inspires 5
community discourse.
D
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C
F
Site Specific
3 With dozens of spots to visit,
here are a few to get you started.
A North Christian Church
* B Irwin Conference Center
* C Mill Race Park
* D Cummins Corporate
Office Building
* E Cleo Rogers
Memorial Library
F J. Irwin Miller’s Office
* G First Christian Church
H Southside Elementary
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A ROOKIE DESIGNER, A VETERAN BUILDER, AND AN ARTIST
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CR E AT E A S I N GU L A R R E S I DE N CE I N N ORT H E R N N E W M E X IC O.
T E X T BY
Kelly Vencill Sanchez

PH O T O S BY
Michael Friberg

O S
On a five-acre prop- of individual masses,

erty outside Taos, New so that it read more
Mexico, designer Molly like a cluster than a
Bell worked closely solitary shape,” Molly
with her father, builder says. “I hope it shows
Ed Bell, to create a that it’s OK to do
new residence for something modern
owner Lois Rodin. in such a traditional
“Lois requested that it environment, and not
appear as a grouping to be afraid of it.”
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“Lois calls it her loft in the desert.”

M OL LY B E L L , D E S I G N E R
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Rusted metal, used on and her father oxidized When Taos contractor Ed Bell called Born and raised in Taos, Molly had left
three of the home’s the steel themselves. his daughter Molly in the fall of 2014, he the area to spread her wings, studying at
five roofs, extends to The living/dining room had a simple enough request: “I’ve got a the University of San Francisco before
the entrance facade, occupies a long, high-
which, in a nod to ceilinged space. The
potential client for you. Why don’t you getting her B.A. in architecture from the
northern New Mexico’s sectional is from CB2 send her your portfolio?” Molly, who was University of New Mexico and then return-
haciendas, opens to a (above). The kitchen working in Los Angeles after earning her ing to California to attend USC’s School of
courtyard (opposite). cabinets hold dishes by master’s in architecture, laughs at the Architecture.
Rather than buy pre- Butterpie Productions
rusted siding, Molly
memory. “I didn’t actually have a portfolio After some back and forth—“I sent Lois
(above right).
from grad school, but I said, ‘Sure.’” three drawings and she didn’t like any of
She pulled together some images and them, but she continued to work with me,”
sent them off to Lois Rodin, who had Molly marvels—the design was complete.
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had the means to build a place of her own. the 2,500-square-foot structure—whose
The septuagenarian knew exactly what she main block opens east across miles of
wanted: a loftlike space with shed roofs, D2863CFD9E@E96>28?:Ǝ46?EA2?@C2>2@7
H9:E6H2==DOH@@5Ə@@CDO3:8H:?5@HDO2?5 the Sangre de Cristo Mountains—reads
a silk screen studio. She’d met Ed while like a cluster of individual elements, just
she was working for the artist Larry Bell— as Lois had visualized: a long space for the
no relation—and showed him an undevel- living/dining room and kitchen, a wing for
@A65ƎG6W24C6=@E@?E96H:?5DH6AE the guest bedroom, laundry, and master
outskirts of Taos. bedroom, and another wing for the studio.
“I said, ‘Can you build on this? Yes? Since Lois wanted this to be her “forever”
Great,’” she recalls. And despite Molly’s home, Molly incorporated elements like
lack of experience, Lois saw something in lever handles, a curbless shower, and easy
the aspiring architect’s work. “I was look- access from the carport to the studio.
ing at the design relationships,” she says. When the project began, Molly intended
“Was she sensitive to how things relate to to remain in Los Angeles while her father
each other? I could see it immediately.” and his team of subcontractors and

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“My creativity was enhanced by

Molly’s concepts. I really got stretched
in this process.” E D B E L L , B U I L D E R
“It was important to lamp is from YLighting.

Lois that the outside A gravel perimeter
come inside,” says (opposite) keeps mud
Molly, who designed from splashing on the
the master bedroom walls when it rains.
to maximize the views. Adds Molly, “You can
“The windows make get away with minimal
you feel like you’re in a landscaping because
sea of sagebrush.” The there’s so much natural
Equo Gen 3 LED floor vegetation here.”
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craftspeople built the house. But after the the corner windows—not knowing how
well was drilled and a transformer that 5:7Ǝ4F=EE96JH@F=536OlD2JD$@==JNj EH2D
would provide electricity was installed, Ed totally an architecture school thing.”
made another call to his daughter. “Why But her father welcomed the chance to
don’t you just come out?” he suggested. do something different. “Before I moved
Already pondering moving on from her to New Mexico in 1980, I read that I should
job in L.A., Molly returned to New Mexico leave my level behind. And here’s Molly, for
and got to work. Soon she was pushing whom sharp edges and shadow lines are
wheelbarrows, helping to dig trenches, everything,” he recalls. “I thought, ‘This is
trying her hand at laying concrete blocks, really hard.’ But as the project progressed,
and absorbing the building process from I saw how incredibly beautiful it was.”
the ground up. Though the precision of Lois agrees. “When Molly said she
her detailing earned her the moniker wanted to put rusted metal on the sides of
“Zero-Tolerance Molly,” she embraced the the house, I said something stupid like,
learning curve that came with the job. “It i EkDC@@Ǝ?8O:E36=@?8D@?E96C@@7Nk EE@@<
was an atypical experience for an archi- me three days to come around.”
tect, but I now know this house backwards Molly stayed in New Mexico for the
and forwards,” she says. eight months it took to build the house,
Ed saw it as an invaluable rite of pas- which was enough time for Taos to work
sage. “I had Molly here every day to learn its magic. “I went back to Los Angeles and
how to build a house,” he says. “I’m pretty realized I wanted to live here,” she says.
hands-on as a builder. Pushing a broom is As Molly completes her architect’s
the smartest thing a contractor can do, license, she and her father are already plot-
because every day you see everything.” ting their next house. In the meantime,
=@?8H:E9E965:7Ǝ4F=EJ@786EE:?8 Lois revels in her high-desert dwelling,
materials to a place that’s relatively making prints in her studio and taking in
remote, designing in a different vocabu- the ever-changing light. “I’ve lived out in
lary challenged everyone involved. “I came the middle of nowhere,” she says, “and I’m
with ideas like the rusted metal siding and always trying to get back to that.”
Rodin Residence N
DESIGNER LOCATION
Molly Bell Taos, New Mexico
A Carport F Kitchen K Laundry

B Mechanical Room G Dining/Living Room L Master Bedroom
C Studio H Patio M Master Bathroom
D Entrance I Guest Bedroom N Master Closet
E Pantry J Guest Bathroom
F G H
D
C
J
The master bathroom square feet (opposite). B I

features one of two Molly, who was born
corner windows in the and raised in Taos, K
house (top). “At night, says, “Proportionally,
when I take a bath, I it’s a very human scale, A N
can see the moon and and it salutes the L
the stars,” says Lois unconventional archi- M
(at her desk, above). tecture found in local
The house measures Earthship houses and
approximately 2,500 owner-built homes.”

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“This house is a little sculpture.

It really suits me.” L O I S R O D I N , R E S I D E N T

in the digital world
TEXT BY Ivo Martins
Lisbon Vision
In an urban apartment, a warren of ceramic brick walls
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COMMUNITY
For Miguel Marcelino, who began his

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to usher natural light deeper into
Seeing to minute details like the translu-
a dim 1980s apartment in Portugal.
cency of the drapes was an adjustment, He also opted for light-colored
but he found ways to make the dated resi- materials, like seafoam-green
dence feel grander. Mirrored incandescent cement tile by Projecto Mosaico
and birch plywood millwork.
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light bulbs mounted on the walls illuminate

the home in dramatic fashion, and a vine
that crawls along the beam above the din-
ing table will create an indoor-garden
atmosphere once it matures. Marcelino
chose to leave the beam, like the concrete
columns, otherwise exposed, explaining,
“I wanted to create a sort of ruin, as if it
was found this way and then occupied.”
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In Fritham, England, Andrew Hollins
and Sheryl Wilson repaired a water
tower with the help of PAD Studio.
An adjoining cottage containing
bedrooms, a kitchen, and more is
outfitted with LG solar panels.
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When two equestrians
resettle, a sagging
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“Our plan was to peel back layers of the previous Each floor of the tower is about
160 square feet. Prior to the formal
owners’ decor to allow the brickwork to breathe.” renovation, Sheryl added mosaic
tile from Fired Earth in the entrance
DARREN BRAY, ARCHITECT hall. The hanging lights are by
Industville and the high-back chair
is by Nigel Griffiths.
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The tower, which now holds a study penetrate. Littlehampton Welding

(far left) and several other living made the steel staircase on the third
spaces, was in disrepair. Its original floor (left). The facade is punctu-
brickwork had to be washed inside ated by windows of various shapes,
and out, and the exterior was coated including half-moons by Crittall
with a hydrophobic mineral paint (below). The armchair and chevron
by Keim to make it harder for rain to rug are from Graham & Green.
Lister Tower N
ARCHITECT
PAD Studio
LOCATION
Fritham, England
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fourth Floor
A Entrance
B Guest Bedroom/Study
C Sitting Room
D Bathroom

small spaces
The bathroom occupies the high- A freestanding copper tub, also by

est chamber of the tower. A vintage William Holland, sits exposed in
pendant purchased from Skinflint a corner of the bathroom (below
Design hangs above a copper sink right). The matching tile for the
by William Holland (below). vanity and floor is by Marco Polo.
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TJ and Jay’s daughter, Chloe, IKEA cabinets, and Home Depot tile
colors at an Ameriwood Home table furnish the kitchen. Ensuring that
from AllModern (left). The dining the house would be accessible for
area features a custom Eero Saarinen wheelchair users like Marielle Kriesel
table for Knoll and vintage Arne (below), who serves on the Santa
Jacobsen chairs for Fritz Hansen Monica Disabilities Commission with
(below left). KitchenAid appliances, TJ, guided the design.
Since launching their Los Angeles-based The couple—disability rights attorney their Santa Monica neighborhood—an
prefab company Connect Homes, Jared and mental health advocate TJ Hill and established enclave on the border of
Levy and Gordon Stott have worked with Emmy-winning production designer Jay Venice—but the charm had worn off the
scores of modern-design lovers to build Heiserman—had clearly done their home- 850-square-foot home they had purchased
their dream homes. But when they received work. And their dilemma was one that in 2009. They’d coped with the limited
a query from prospective clients complete many of Stott and Levy’s clients share: square footage, the water damage, even the
with concept drawings rendered to look Their older home was ripe for replacement, termites that rained down from the ceil-
as though they’d been plucked from the but they had neither the budget nor the ing, but the steep entry stairs, narrow
architects’ own canon, an incredulous time for a ground-up custom build. doorways, and cramped interior presented
Stott emailed back asking, “Who are you?” Moving wasn’t an option. They loved D:8?:Ǝ42?E@3DE24=6DE@+!kDJ@F?86CD:DE6CO

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“We always knew we wanted to do TJ (on deck, below, with Jay, left,
prefab—here it is something inter- and Chloe). “There weren’t many
esting and beautiful that adds to options for staying in the area with
the character of the street,” says a growing family,” notes Stott.
Melissa, who has cerebral palsy and uses a

wheelchair, when she visited from Florida.
Things reached a breaking point when the
couple’s household expanded to include
their daughter, Chloe.
“There were lots of things about the
house that didn’t work,” says TJ, who
also serves on the City of Santa Monica
Disabilities Commission. “Those barriers
are highlighted every day when you
have a child and you’re just trying to get
a stroller in and out.”
Rebuilding was in order, but the couple
wondered if they could construct a house
For the front deck, the couple chose that not only was accessible, affordable,
a dining set by Teak Smith (above); and environmentally friendly, but would
the driftwood and metal corkscrew adapt to their needs in the coming years.
is by sculptor David Tanych. The
master bedroom (right) consists
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of two modules set above a site-built ting this mold,” Levy explains. “They own
garage. The fabric is from IKEA. homes that were designed for consumer

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ARCHITECT Connect Homes

LOCATION Santa Monica, California
First Floor
Second Floor
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F A
E H I
D G
A
C E
B G
A Deck G Bedroom
B Living Area H Laundry
C Dining Area/Kitchen I Master Bathroom
D Guest Bedroom/Office J Master Bedroom
E Bathroom K Walk-in Closet
F Garage
In the living room, a vintage Danish Adler Seahorse design. Acacia

chair faces a sectional upholstered flooring from Reward Hardwood
in Knoll fabric (above). The Nelson Flooring was used throughout.
Ball clock is from Vitra and the A George Nelson Bubble lamp
throw pillows include a Jonathan hangs in the stairwell (right).
demands and needs that are now close to the size of their former home. But because
sixty years old. These homes are at the end it doesn’t maximize the lot, it adapts com-
of their life expectancy. If TJ and Jay were fortably to the neighborhood.
to rebuild going the conventional route, it Since accessibility was a priority, the
would take close to three years through architects set the building to one side of
design, approvals, and construction and the lot, a move that paved the way for
cost twice as much.” 2D:K23=6HC2A2C@F?5564<E92EkDƏFD9
Whether they’re designing for a lot with the interior so that Melissa can eas-
with views for miles or one in the middle ily negotiate indoor and outdoor spaces.
of an urban streetscape, Levy and Stott, For now, she and other wheelchair users
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Radziner Prefab, believe prefab offers once on the property they have full access
the perfect solution. For TJ and Jay’s 25-by- E@E966?E:C6ƎCDEƏ@@CN

80-foot property, they set two of their +@244@>>@52E62?@7Ǝ467@C!2J_2?
steel-framed 8-by-40-foot modules side Ellen DeGeneres Show veteran and now a
by side, with another pair on top. Two freelance production designer and art
8-by-20-foot modules above a new, site- director) that would double as a guest bed-
built garage form the master bedroom and room for Melissa, the architects subtracted
closet. At 1,600 square feet, the four-bed- 10 feet from the kitchen and dining area.
room, three-bath structure nearly doubled “Our standard Connect4 model doesn’t

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notes Stott. “But TJ and Jay knew exactly
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gram and lifestyle needs.”
Similarly, the couple’s desire for expan-
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with light and opens up the house to
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living in our house: We’re making dinner.
Chloe is reading a book. A lot of our neigh-
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house.’ We have sun shades, but when we
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for Kartell. In the downstairs bath- The roller blinds throughout are
room (left), the semigloss wall tile from Steve’s Blinds and Wallpaper.
“While we’re aging in place, our

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ing Maple Bear nursery school
can seem like being in a giant
game of Tetris. Inspiring that
kind of creative thinking is
exactly what Renesa Studio set
out to do when it transformed
a dilapidated home in New Delhi
into the school. Intent on avoid-
ing a traditional white-walled
classroom, the team created
a colorful environment, full
of reading nooks, social areas,
and outdoor spaces. Lead
architect Sanchit Arora notes,
“A child needs a space that
breathes, feeds, and creates a
learning pattern to facilitate his
or her holistic growth in life.”
The facade of the building, which

is known as “The Tetrisception,” is
decorated with a series of 17.5-inch-
square plastered brick cubes, a low-
cost design technique.
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- Owen D., Brooklyn, NY
A L L- N E W M A Z D A C X- 5
Alluring upon first glance. A connection at
first touch. The all-new Mazda CX-5 is the
result of over 250 refinements that appeal to
the senses. From a quieter cabin to available
heated second-row seats, the CX-5 shows our
passion for driving. Because Driving Matters.
DRI V I N G MATTE R S
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