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Cubo House: A Heritage-Listed Dwelling with A New Contemporary and Sustainable Design

The old stair in Cubo House has been removed and some of the salvaged elements also have been fashioned into a beautiful chandelier. A new lof bed is made to provide a fun bedtime for the kids. The new staircase can connect all levels and create a voluminous entry foyer. It becomes a new heart of the house that can bring the new (deliberately modern) rear and the restored old front parts together.

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Pettanco House 2: A Customized Version of the Pettanko House with Five Principles

The new environment around this house becomes very interesting because of the Pettanko House design. This house can be a model case for local consumption from the local production, remembering how to use the source wisely. The customization of this housework with the terrain height differences, wind, light, snowfall, and orientation are the important parts to create that new environment.

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Sasameza: Commercial Buildings of Eight Tenants with A Double Roof and Local Production

The architect uses local production for local consumption as a building theme to give a good understanding of how important the energy reduction is. It is also about maintenance of the forest, so the architect enters a mountain forest with a builder, a forester, and a client in Hakone, starting a careful selection to harvest some trees. Those trees will be the beams and columns of Sasameza.

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Laurel Canyon Boxhouse: Meditative and Exhilarating Architectural Tour with Cutting-Edge Design

From a distance, Laurel Canyon Boxhouse looks like a wooden box that beautified with a glass surface. This home has two floors that surrounded by a large part of glass walls. The ground floor is used to design some entertainment rooms like living room, dining room, and kitchen. The bathroom and bedroom can be found on the second floor, easily to be accessed by a wooden staircase.

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Bolton Residence: Two Stacked Rectangular Volumes of A Holiday Home with Forested Landscape

The design of Bolton Residence is inspired by the classic gable roofed barns that can be found in the region of the site. The result can create a simple silhouette, showing a rural atmosphere through the contemporary touch a zen-like neutral palette. This rural atmosphere can be made by using some special materials such as grey and steel, pure black accents, and also contrasting pale wood.

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El Mirador: A Traditional 17th-Century Canarian House with Inspiring Coastal Vistas

Just like any other colonial house, the use of wood dominates the design and structure of El Mirador. The ceiling is not high, so the exposed beams on the ceiling can be seen very clearly. The windows are framed with the same wood materials, so does the floor. Although the space of this vacation home rental looks smaller, the comfortable atmosphere inside is already enough to create a memorable holiday in Spain.