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features 90 ON THE COVER:

A Silicon Valley home by Craig Steely explores minimalism (page 90). PHOTO BY

Darren Bradley ABOVE:

The Japanese art of shou sugi ban enhances a Lake Michigan dwelling (page 112). PHOTO BY Ike Edeani

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Sound and Vision

A charred-cedar facade distinguishes a secluded lakefront getaway in Leelanau County, Michigan.

In New Haven, Connecticut, a derelict firehouse is reborn as a combination recording studio, music venue, bar, and artists’ hostel.

Sunny Afternoon Back to Life

Coming Home

Wrapped in zinc, aluminum, and glass, a gleaming cantilevered residence appears to float in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

A black-and-white palette and state-ofthe-art kitchen bring an 1880s apartment in Sweden into the 21st century.

Working around a treasured oak tree, a family expands their Mill Valley cottage while keeping its compact charm intact.

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Emerging designers like Brooklyn-based Bowen Liu, creator of the Fin High Stool (left), are showcased in “Young Guns” (page 27). CONTENTS

departments 13 Editor’s Letter 16 Community 154 Sourcing Saw it? Want it? Need it? Buy it!

156 Finishing Touch A new monograph collects a wide inventory of works by Jean Prouvé.

27 Modern World

52 Small Spaces

86 Profile

Our annual compendium of exciting new talents in the design industry features profiles of young creative types from all over the globe. Canvassing international exhibitions and collaborating with leaders in the field, we selected more than two dozen men and women at the forefront of tomorrow’s design landscape.

A Japanese sensibility informs a remote cabin in North Carolina.

Nina Libeskind, cofounder of Studio Libeskind, talks about her company role, her Canadian roots, and the studio’s latest project, the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa.

44 Process At a 30-year-old tile company in Aromas, California, everything is made to order and produced meticulously by hand.

TEXT BY J. Michael Welton PHOTOS BY Adrian Gaut

62 Renovation Blending the best of old and new, a ballplayer and his wife remake a Victorian house in Denver.

TEXT BY Alex Bozikovic

TEXT BY Ray Mark Rinaldi

An architect and a photographer turn a 720-square-foot apartment in Buenos Aires into a flexible space for living and working.

PHOTOS BY David Lauer

72 Outside

TEXT BY Kelly Vencill Sanchez

Respect for the land guides the creation of a tiny, two-pavilion retreat in Upcountry Maui.

PHOTOS BY Jamie Chung

TEXT BY Kelly Vencill Sanchez PHOTOS BY Olivier Koning

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A semi-modular home in Tasmania provides stunning vistas and security from bushfires.

PHOTO BY Wesley Mann

128 Small Spaces

TEXT BY Nicolás Kedzierski PHOTOS BY Brian W. Ferry

138 Interior Design Riotous pattern and color invigorate a midcentury high-rise condo in Chicago. TEXT BY Winifred Bird PHOTOS BY Mike Schwartz

TEXT BY Susanne Kennedy PHOTOS BY James Silverman

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Design the Future

Tomorrow’s success depends on the good GHHGV RI WRGD\ b If there has ever been an age in which progressive design thinking is required, surely this is it. Designers, architects, engineers, builders, innovators of all stripes: We need your ideas, your grasp of beauty, your rejection of banality and cynicism. The gifts of the creative mind must lead the way. Pleasant images of enviable homes are one thing, but architects exploring new materials and techniques are the real focus of our admiration. On Tasmania, an island state of Australia, a partially prefab retreat is surrounded by Tasman gold gravel to ward off the 3FD9ƎC6D E92E A=28F6 E96 2C62 _A286 `N Architects Lisa Gray and Alan Organschi used cross-laminated timber, a building material that is gaining notice in the United States for :ED 67Ǝ4:6?4JO 244FC24JO 2?5 DEC6?8E9O 7@C 2? 28:?8 ƎC69@FD6 :? %6H 2G6?O @??64E:4FEO that is now a resource for a wide community @7 >FD:4 =@G6CD _A286 `N +96 AC24E:46 @7 492Cring cedar, a centuries-old Japanese technique called shou sugi ban, which protects against 3F8DO >@=5O C@EO 2?5 ƎC6O H2D FD65 3J 2C49:E64ED 7@C 2 =2<67C@?E 9@>6 :? #66=2?2F @F?EJO $:49:82? _A286 `N +96D6 2C6 E96 <:?5D @7 :562D E92E >2<6 2 5:776C6?46N Finding bold solutions to the problems of our time is the essence of modern design E9:?<:?8N @>A=246?4J :D 2 7@C>:523=6 9FC5=6Y2G@:5 :E 2E 2== 4@DEDN 665 E96 25G:46 @7 John Baptiste Yeon II—a timber magnate and the father of pioneering modern architect John Yeon—who at the turn of the last century >256 9F86 DEC:56D :? @A6?:?8 FA E96 '24:Ǝ4 %@CE9H6DE E9C@F89 E96 4C62E:@? @7 C@25D 2?5 :?7C2DECF4EFC6P j :E E96 7FEFC6 2D 92C5 2D J@FC money and brains will permit. Otherwise you H:== 36 @FE @7 52E6 E@>@CC@HNl

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Highlights from the July/August 2017 issue include a glimpse of Simon Pearce’s glass factory in Vermont (below left); a photographic love letter to Columbus, Indiana, (left); and an illustrated primer on the latest “smart” products for the home (below right).

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argument to unplug your router posthaste. Yet despite consumers’ tepid response, connectivity continues to permeate almost every part of domestic life. In the following pages, we explore the smart home’s present imperfections and its seemingly limitless future, gathering Silicon Valley insiders, early adopters, architects, and experts to dig into the current state of home automation. We also shine a light on a multitude of gadgets and appliances that can connect, sense, learn, listen, talk, or—one hopes—just make life a little easier.

Your “Editor’s letter” spoke directly to my heart and to what I believe resides at the core of my own design practice. Thank you for your words to live by: “Choose to be extraordinary.” —Wendy Polins Cool to open Dwell to see Exhibit Columbus projects featured. Excitement builds! —@DonnaSinkArch

I wanted to tell you that I appreciated the focus on “making” and craft this last issue. The issue was rich with ideas, images, diagrams and details. I know this is satisfying to designers, who have an inherent curiosity about how details come together to create vibrant space, but the depth of reporting also helps raise awareness in homeowners that good design isn’t a commodity . . . a lot of thought and craft and focused work goes into it. —Dan Maginn

I strongly recommend any lovers of architecture to make time to visit Columbus, Indiana. It gave me a whole new perspective on and appreciation for design. —Creede Fitch

This illustrated walk-through of #SmartHome possibilities is pretty epic. Nice work, @LukeHopping & @dwell! —@SmartestHouse

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I read “The House of Tomorrow” with great interest. The more we integrate “smart” devices into our lives, the greater the risk if they fail. After the chaos that resulted from the Quebec and New York power blackouts, it might be wise not to go overboard embracing the “smart house.” As an experiment, try to function for just one day without using any device containing a computer chip. My guess is, you can’t. —Jane Hughes

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The ubiquitous smartphone aside, last year, according to Forrester Research, just 6 percent of American households had a smart device— electronics like speakers or lights that can connect wirelessly to other objects and perform some aspect of daily home life. That’s fewer than one might expect from listening to industry analysts, many of whom see a perpetually bright future for the Internet of Things. The consulting firm Bain & Company forecasts that annual revenues for IoT ven-

dors could top $470 billion by 2020. What accounts for this discrepancy between low participation and huge potential? Why aren’t people racing out right now to buy refrigerators that reorder their own groceries or frontdoor locks that fasten themselves when the last light goes out? For starters, it’s because owning a high-tech home isn’t simple. The security and privacy headaches of being surrounded by Internet-connected objects are unsettling enough. Add in the fact that the present smart-tech landscape can be frustrating, full of complicated devices aligned with rival factions that don’t want to work together (ecosystems like those run by Google, Amazon, and Apple), and you have a compelling

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Does Art Distract From Architecture?

Our thoroughly renovated home (formerly a classic 1955 ranch, now minimalist and modern) has given us what we most wanted: great spaces. We’re being very careful to let the house talk and being cautious about hanging art. Daniel Barnes

I love clients who have an art collection! Actually, I love clients who collect anything! The process of collecting helps to sharpen a person’s eye for proportion, color, and craftsmanship. This translates into a more meaningful dialogue with the client throughout the design process. Jason Money

Does art interfere with life? I don’t think either question warrants exposition. CC Hampton

I think art has a direct influence on architecture. Art collectors tend to be passionate about their collection and prioritize it during design. Alternatively, and fun in a completely different way, is when the client doesn’t like art, but wants the home to be its own art.

As owners designing a home in which to feature our art collection, we had many discussions on enlarging walls and doors, deleting walls, and moving doors to accommodate installations. Art affects almost every decision in building a house. Candice Goodwin

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A classic answer is, it depends. It depends on the quality of both the art and the architecture and whether they compete with or complement one another. In my home, I prefer art and photography that has a personal story associated with it. Therefore, it adds to the home. Lee Calisti 18

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Lately we’ve noted an uptick in feedback from readers asking about the absence of artworks in the homes we feature. While some residents intentionally eschew works that interfere with their house’s lines and views (page 90), it’s certainly not the norm. So we posed the question to our community.

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Sam Lubell

Christopher Testani Winifred Bird

Christopher Theed

Carolina Haiku

Sunny Afternoon

Sound and Vision

Outside the Lines

Young Guns

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page 90

page 120

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Originally from Portland, Oregon, New York–based photographer Adrian Gaut has worked for Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, and GQ, among others. In the last year, he photographed projects in more than 10 countries, including China and the Seychelles. For Dwell, he visited Scaly Mountain, North Carolina, to shoot a little cabin that is the weekend getaway of Michael Neiswander and Nick Corsello. Gaut used a drone to capture exterior shots of the remote dwelling, set amid forests and mountains at the rural western edge of the state.

New York writer Sam Lubell is the author of seven books about architecture and has written for numerous publications, including The New York Times, Wired, The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and The Architect’s Newspaper. He is currently co-curating a design exhibition, Never Built New York, set to open at the Queens Museum on September 17. For this issue, Lubell contributed a story about a peaceful retreat located in an oak grove in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. “Many of us want to be minimalist and spend more time in nature,” says Lubell. “But life—and all our stuff—gets in the way. Having fewer choices can indeed be freeing.”

Born in upstate New York, Christopher Testani studied cinema and photography at Ithaca College. Since 2012, when he was selected as one of Photo District News’s “30 Photographers to Watch,” his work has appeared on npr.com and vice.com, and in print in GQ, Bon Appétit, The New York Times Magazine, and elsewhere. Testani traveled to New Haven, Connecticut, where he photographed a fire station that was transformed into a recording studio, live-music venue, cocktail lounge, and more. “What surprised me the most,” he says, “was that, despite the size and scale, all areas seemed like a well-integrated whole.” Testani now calls Brooklyn his home.

Based in Oregon, Illinois, Winifred Bird is a journalist covering architecture and the environment, with a special interest in traditional Japanese design. Her writing has appeared in such outlets as Interior Design, The Japan Times, and Sierra. She visited Eleni Katsarou’s waterfront midcentury condo in Chicago, where she enjoyed views of Lake Michigan from the 33rd floor. “My dad grew up outside of Chicago and always loved the lake, so it was fun to see it from a new perspective,” she says, “although I did get a bit of vertigo peering over the balcony and seeing a pair of poodles walking along the edge of the water like ants.”

Christopher Theed is a freelance illustrator who grew up in the quiet town of Sechelt, British Columbia. His childhood passion for art and drawing led him to Vancouver, where he studied graphic design at Capilano University. For this issue, Christopher illustrated portraits for “Young Guns,” our annual package devoted to emerging talent. A young designer himself, Christopher reflects on which skills he wishes were stressed more in school: “There’s a lot of emphasis on concepts, which are very important, but I think that took away from learning the software needed to create them.”

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“I love to learn what makes residents tick beyond their love of good design. Eleni Katsarou is about to head to Greece as a Fulbright scholar to study how teachers there are helping refugee kids integrate into the classrooms.” —Winifred Bird, writer 20

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

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The couple’s bedroom (top) holds family treasures—a Scott Jordan rocker that Mark gave Bev when she was pregnant and a blanket from their honeymoon in Mexico. A collection of art and design resources are stored on bookshelves

(far right). The net seat uses an extension of the handrail as a frame and hangs above the studio, creating an unusual reading perch. Extra storage is built into the stairs (near right), where CDs, movies, and blankets are kept.

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

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Tama Art University & Aalto University

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Roser: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Staub: The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

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Budapest University of Technology and Economics & Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture

Zsuzsanna Horvath’s architectural background shines through in the meticulous compositions of her products (previous page). Originally from Budapest, the recent grad of Helsinki’s Aalto University turned heads earlier this year at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair with her experiments using a laser cutter to create 3D objects from 2D sheets, with gravity acting on thin birch plywood to give it its sculptural form. —TIFFANY ORVET

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create the double-layered fabric, Himuro had to develop a new jacquard weaving technique. She hopes her innovation will help people “cultivate a sense of emotional attachment to their belongings.” —JOANNE FURIO

Be Original Americas, a nonprofit committed to educating and influencing designers, businesses, and the greater public on the value of authentic design, kicked off a fellowship program in 2016 to award young designers in the United States with a chance to meet with and learn from top companies. The program is a seven-week journey through the design industry, hosted by various members of Be Original, such as Herman Miller, Bernhardt Design, Maya Romanoff, and Emeco. This year, the project culminated in a presentation by fellowship winners Tom Groom and Irene Lee. Applications for 2018 are now open.

ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED

Susanne Roser and Martina Staub debuted as Diiis Designstudio in 2015, and in the scant years since have introduced a slew of clever, sophisticated pieces for the home—from Sedo, a combination hand mirror, container and jewelry box, to Glaubi, a coat hanger that offers much more than a place to hang a hat (think mirrors and rotating surfaces for keys). Working with quality organic materials, the pair are winning accolades, including a recent nomination for the 2018 German Design Awards. —MEGHAN DWYER

Yuri Himuro left her job at a major necktie brand to start her own cutting-edge textile firm. Launched this year at the prestigious Milan furniture fair, her Snip Snap Series allows users to customize their own fabric by cutting away at five different scenes, revealing hidden motifs. In a pattern depicting a mountain village, the green of a cypress forest can be snipped away to expose blue waters. Cut away at a scene of people digging for dinosaur bones, and other archeological finds appear. To

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Bochen & Jelski: Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts Bochen: University of Technology in Milan Jelski: Academy of Art & Design in Stuttgart

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

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Design School Kolding & Polytechnic University of Milan

Industrial designer Alberto Bellamoli is having a busy year. His creations have appeared in multiple curated shows, including the Pure Talents exhibition in Cologne, Germany, and Greenhouse at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair in Sweden. One of his most recent pieces, the Làsta table, is made of pink marble harvested from the hills of Verona. In collaboration with Jonathan Hotz, Bellamoli shaped the piece using a CNC machine. —MD

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

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Reims School of Art and Design & National School of Industrial Design in Paris

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Toronto

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Carnegie Mellon University

Christian Lo and David Ryan met while working for a large design office where they both did freelance lighting projects without receiving any design credit. Two years ago they went out on their own, naming their company Anony. They began creating lighting installations for designers and architects, but last year they produced a residential line that won a Best Collection award at IDS, Canada’s major interior design show. “We design with the life cycle of the product in mind,” says Lo. “We think about every user and make the lights easy to install and understand without a manual.” —AH

With a mother who was an artist and a master-craftsman father who she says could “build anything and turn it to gold,” it’s no surprise that Kim Markel became a designer, albeit after an eight-year detour working in public policy. “I missed making things,” she says. She describes her translucent Glow chairs as a passion project that took off, noting that they have the qualities of childhood objects: “Their scale, unexpected color, and handmade texture all create a sense of unbridled reality and strange magic.” An environmentalist, she

DESIGN RESIDENCY

Fabrica is a communications research center based in Treviso, Italy, established in 1994 by Luciano Benetton. Its residency program offers young people from around the world a one-year scholarship, including a round-trip ticket to Italy, enabling a highly diverse group of designers/artists to acquire real-world experience. The goal is to inspire “social catalysts” who, at the end of their time at the center, will continue their work independently. fabrica.it

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Singapore

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

Olivia Lee had Asian city dwellers in mind when she conceived Float, a table that appears to contain lotus leaves in water. “Nature is important and symbolic in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia,” says Lee. In Eastern cultures, water represents tranquility and fortune, while the lotus symbolizes enlightenment and rebirth. Float, however, is an illusion. The “water” is clear resin cast around lotus leaves. Such sleight of hand results from working in the studio of British designer Sebastian Bergne after college. “His joyful and witty approach to his own practice always stayed with me,” she says. —JF

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

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Alongside such crossdisciplinary experts as industrial designer and biodesigner Guillian Graves, students at the Design and Sciences Program at ENSCI-Les Ateliers examine culture, design, and science. Previous projects include Mos(KIT)o kit, a system designed for local governments to detect and create maps of areas populated by mosquitos infected with arboviruses. It won Gold last year at the international Genetically Engineered Machine competition held in Boston. ensci.com

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Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Simple, flowing lines that avoid unnecessary details are typical of designer Assaf Israel’s work and are brought together with perfect restraint in his Daydream lounger. The seat consists of two identical cushioned panels that interlock, creating a fragile-looking shape that supports one person in a meditative recline, or two people in meaningful exchange. “I wanted to create an object that will remind us of the importance of taking a break and connecting to ourselves in order to reload,” says the designer. The founder of Joynout Studio, he divides his time between Northern Italy and his native Israel. —TO

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National School of Industrial Design in Paris

PHOTO: FRANCESCO BOLIS (ISRAEL)

SAMY RI 0 Samy Rio started out studying cabinetmaking but found he was more interested in the production than the product. Fascinated by the bamboo trees in a park near his home, he began to design with the material. He created the Bamboo lantern on a trip to Taiwan, where he worked with the national center for crafts. It won several awards and commissions, and jump-started his career. Rio has expanded to other materials but is still determined to find a way to get bamboo into industrial production. —AH

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Deni Correa: National Institute of Fine

Agis: self-taught

Malte Taller, run by three sisters— Deni Correa, Urani Correa, and Zzabi Olaria Agis—takes traditional pewter kitchen utensils and enamels them with black-and-silver designs, often inspired by pre-Hispanic Mexican geometries. The women credit a blue-speckled enameled bowl that their grandfather kept on his table with introducing them to the medium. Their playful designs are applied by silkscreen and then baked at 1,470 degrees, so the patterns won’t fade. Like their abuelo’s bowl, Malte Taller’s pieces should last a lifetime. —EILEEN SMITH

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Mexico City E D U CAT I O N

Ibero-American University

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

When Emiliano Molina first presented the prototype of his Finger chair to workshops, no one would make it, saying that it was too fragile and would break. He finally found a friend willing to undertake the project, but even the

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Tokyo

Hayashi: Hitotsubashi University Ando: Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

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

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TALENT SHOWCASES

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New York

McGill University & Parsons School of Design

“Design is a form of communication,” says Lani Adeoye, who has lived in such disparate locations as Montreal, Lagos, and New York. She’s right. Objects speak to each other all the time—echoing one another’s form or style. Adeoye’s Talking tables “derive their essence from instruments,” she says, being inspired by the dundun, or “talking drums,” of West Africa. Made of hand-turned wood, steel, and woven leather, they reinterpret the drums’ silhouette into a contemporary idiom with a removable tray top. —ZACHARY SACHS

A global circuit of trade shows gives young designers valuable visibility. Greenhouse at the Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair Stockholm, Sweden Submission deadline: September 22, 2017 A juried exhibition for unestablished designers and schools. stockholmfurniture lightfair.se

SaloneSatellite at Salone del Mobile Milan, Italy Submissions deadline: August 2018 for 2019. Open to architects and designers under the age of 35. salonemilano.it

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

The Launch Pad at WantedDesign New York, New York Submissions deadline: January 15, 2018 A juried selection of works by independent designers and small companies looking for manufacturers. wanteddesignnyc.com

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New York

Pratt Institute

Maryam Turkey, a refugee from Iraq via Syria—where she had to stay for three years before being allowed into the United States—became a designer to help solve problems. “I want to make things people need, not just want,” she says. But Turkey has an equally strong artistic side, expressed in work like her Vaza vase. She used asymmetry to create a dynamic form that acts as a foil to the organic curves of the flowers within it. She also added an opening in the center to expose the usually hidden plant stems. —AH

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ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED

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Tokyo

Kanazawa College of Art

“I’m not designing products to be ‘new and fun,’ but products that I, or someone like me, will want to incorporate into their space,” says designer Daisuke Kitagawa. For his Floe table, planes of tinted glass top a stainless steel base. The glass sections can be rearranged, altering the dimensionality of the piece, like a tightly stacked Donald Judd sculpture. Kitagawa’s method is driven by observation. “First, I study the history and current situation of the product category,” he says, “and then I doubt them.” —ZS

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Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Centro in Mexico City

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

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Rhode Island School of Design

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

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My Vision: Create a home both separate from & intertwined with nature. — Greg Wiedemann, AIA Wiedemann Architects, LLC

This glass residence is perched on a limestone cliff overlooking the sweep of the Potomac River. Kolbe’s VistaLuxe® Collection provided unmatched clean lines and large expanses of glass to savor nature in every season, blurring the line between inside and outside. Find your vision at KolbeWindows.com.

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Johannesburg

Kaospilots

For Nkuli Mlangeni and her Ninevites collective, cultural exchange is both a working method and a source of inspiration. Her Sankara rugs, based on the patterns of the Nguli people in South Africa, are developed with graphic designers in Spain and Africa. Using textiles sourced from Namibia, they are woven and hand-dyed in Peru. “I loved their style of weaving, but I also felt there wasn’t much trade happening between the African continent and South America, and I wanted to explore that.” Mlageni hopes the rugs will resonate in an even larger global context that reflects the process of their creation. —ZS

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Design communities are made stronger and more vital by “connectors.”

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De Montfort University & The University of Fine Arts in Poznan

Agata Nowak puts functionality first in a range of friendly designs that are simple but clever. “I appreciate projects that respond to actual problems,” she says. This is what led to her conceptual line of furniture for kids. Understanding how children like to bounce around their rooms, Nowak created a safe space full of gentle curves rather than sharp corners. For the next user problem she takes on, she’d like to work on a more subconscious level, exploring new kinds of mood lighting and haptic materials. —TO

Ravi Naidoo founded Interactive Africa and Design Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, to create a platform for global design discourse. After two decades, his vision has become the Design Indaba Festival, an annual celebration of the innovation, creativity, and design thinking emanating from South Africa. Fueled by a desire to support and mentor the next generation, Naidoo initiated a program called Emerging Creatives that connects young South African artisans, designers, and architects with local and international influencers.

ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPHER THEED

Warsaw

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Picturesque Views Connect a Family to the Outdoors in British Columbia A family builds their dream home on a pine tree-covered hill, capturing views of Canada’s shimmering Okanagan Lake.

Shannon and her husband Cory were home shopping in the lake-side city of Kelowna, BC, which is on the eastern shore of Okanagan Lake. Nearly 13 years ago, Cory was playing hockey in the NHL and Shannon was pregnant with their first child when they happened upon a house that they would later overturn to build something more in line with their minimal aesthetic. “The property itself was absolutely stunning, situated right on the lake,” says Shannon, “but the house wasn’t what we were looking for.” With a growing family on the way, they immediately snatched up the property and held onto it until they could build their dream home on the lot and reside in Canada permanently, once Cory left the NHL. “I had 10 years to design the perfect home for our family,” says Shannon. During that time, she was a police officer in downtown

Edmonton, while Cory was constantly training and traveling from city to city. Having been a family that was always moving around, they wanted comfort—a space where they could entertain their family and friends. “We wanted tons of light and the most amount of glass we could manage,” says Shannon. Installing Kolbe’s VistaLuxe® Collection windows and doors throughout allowed them to create a social atmosphere with scenic views. “Having large glass doors that slide open to the outside pool deck makes it easy for everyone to enjoy the outside from most parts of the home,” says Shannon. The oversized VistaLuxe Collection windows allow the boundary between inside and outside to evaporate, creating a minimalist design that is intricately connected to the outdoors.

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Pieces in Fireclay Tile’s Maze pattern are seen ready for their final firing in an electric Skutt kiln. The glazes will darken over the course of 10 hours, during which time temperatures will approach 2,000 degrees.

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Feat of Clay Age-old techniques meet modern innovation at a handmade-tile company in California.

There’s a controlled bustle inside Fireclay Tile’s factory in tiny Aromas, California. Workers shuttle racks of 5C:65 3FE F?ƎC65 E:=6D 7C6D9 7C@> E96 heater, warming the air as they pass, while a 25,000-pound extruder nicknamed “the Junior” forces moist clay into ribbons that are then cookie-cut into perfect squares. A craftsman D9@H6CD 2 Ǝ?6 >:DE @7 4@=@C @G6C rectangular tiles in a graceful sweep, and painters deftly squeeze glaze by hand with breathtaking speed. Founder and chief ceramicist Paul Burns takes it all in with a smile. More than 30 years since he launched E96 92?5>256WE:=6 ƎC> H:E9 E9C66

Senior glaze technician Mushtaque Khan sifts particles at the company’s factory near Salinas. All tiles at Fireclay are made to order by hand. The firm creates its own

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lead-free glazes in more than a hundred colors, along with custom shades. “We have trouble saying no to color,” says founder and chief ceramicist Paul Burns.

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

GATHERING RAW MATERIALS

ADDING WATER

Fireclay’s most popular clay body is made of at least 55 percent recycled materials, which include postconsumer glass and granite dust. The crushed and sifted powders are stored in barrels.

Water recaptured from a later phase in the process 2?5 E96? Ǝ=E6C65 7@C C6FD6 :D 3=6?565 with the dry ingredients in a mixer for 30 minutes. Batches range from 1,100 to 1,700 pounds.

friends, he’s just as interested in turning raw materials into something useful as he was when he was 10, helping out his tilemaker uncle on weekends. “It’s the process. We take dirty stuff and make beautiful E9:?8D E92E A6@A=6 =@@< 2E 6G6CJ 52JNl F>2?D 92G6 366? 6IA=@C:?8 E96 AC@Aerties of clay since at least the 14th century N N +96 >2?F724EFC6 @7 8=2K65 E:=6 Ə@FCished in Egypt before reaching its apogee in Persia and Central Asia from about the 13th to the 16th century. Though computers now enable precision tuning of things like gas and air ratios inside the kilns, at heart the process is still about earth, H2E6CO 2?5 ƎC6N Making tile may require the soul of an artist and the brain of a chemist, but it isn’t for the impatient. At Fireclay, all tiles 2C6 ƎC65 EH:46O 2?5 3J E96 E:>6 2 92?5W A2:?E65 E:=6 F?56C8@6D :ED Ǝ?2= EC:A E@ E96 kiln, a week has passed since the raw >2E6C:2=D H6C6 ƎCDE >:I65 H:E9 H2E6C E@ form the clay body. +@ 3:?5 E96 :?8C65:6?ED :?E@ 2 F?:Ǝ65

product durable enough to be used for Ə@@CD 2?5 H2==DO 4=2J >FDE 36 962E65 2E temperatures high enough to trigger the necessary chemical reactions. After the wet clay is dried, it heads to the kiln. All E:=6D >256 3J :C64=2J 2C6 ƎCDE ƎC65 :? either an 88-foot-long gas-powered roller962CE9 <:=? @C @?6 @7 EH@ >2DD:G6 82DW powered periodic kilns. The pieces are E96? 8=2K65 2?5 ƎC65 282:?O H:E9 D>2== 6=64EC:4 <:=?D C6D6CG65 7@C E96 92?5W A2:?E65 =:?6DN +96 D64@?5 2?5 Ǝ?2= C@F?5 includes a lengthy cooling period. “Glazes crystallize when they cool,” explains cre2E:G6 5:C64E@C !2>:6 92AA6==N j+96 =@?86C the cooling cycle, the more the glaze will >2EFC6 2?5 86E E9@D6 DF3E=6 G2C:2E:@?DNl Burns, who has been incorporating salG2865 >2E6C:2=D :?E@ 9:D H2C6D 7@C ?62C=J 20 years, is committed to keeping his busi?6DD Ə6I:3=6 2?5 DFDE2:?23=6N EkD H92E =65 him to begin selling made-to-order tile directly to customers in 2013, to make his @H? =625W7C66 8=2K6D 7@C 2== 9:D E:=6DO 6G6? to use recycled porcelain from toilets

56DE:?65 7@C E96 =2?5Ǝ==N .96? E96 @H?6C of the local quarry asked if Fireclay wanted E96 DFA6CƎ?6 A2CE:4F=2E6 E92E H2D 2 H2DE6 3JAC@5F4E 7C@> 8C2G6= >2?F724EFC:?8O Burns didn’t hesitate. “I spent a year trying to make a tile that was eighty or ninety percent recycled material, but it looked recycled,” he recalls. Undeterred, Burns tinkered with his formula to come up with a product that had E96 C6Ǝ?65 2AA62C2?46 96 H2?E65N C@F?5 glass from postconsumer bottles also found its way into production, and today the company’s recycled clay body—its biggest seller—is made up of about 25 percent glass waste and 30 percent granite waste. Burns and his staff of some 65 craftspeople embrace the challenges of making tile to order. Last year, a customer in Texas requested a particular shade of maroon. “Normally,” says Burns, “we ask for a paint chip, but when I opened the package it was an old T-shirt—the guy had sent his A&M T-shirt. Maroon is a hard color to do in ceramics, but that’s what he wanted.”

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EXTRUSION, PART I

EXTRUSION, PART II

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Wet clay is packed into the extruder and ribbons of compressed clay emerge continuously before going to the “cookie-cutter,” which is connected to the Junior.

CUTTING

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Extruded clay is trimmed into nine-by-nine-inch squares. The excess is sent back to the extruder by a 4@?G6J6C 36=EO D@ ?@ >2E6C:2= :D H2DE65N

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RECTIFYING

PATTERNING

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GLAZING

The glaze particles—composed of silica, >6E2= @I:56DO 4@=@C2?EDO 2?5 @A24:Ǝ6CDY2C6 H6:8965O mixed, and sifted, then blended with water before they’re applied to each tile.

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New this year, the Agrarian collection features eight patterns, including Maze, whose concentric lines evoke circle irrigation systems. “Our techniques go back hundreds of years, but we’re constantly updating them,” says Burns.

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Adrian Gaut

A little cottage in North Carolina is furnished with a cluster of woodstump end tables by Urbia, two Eames rockers, and a 16-H wood-burning stove by Stûv.

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

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The home’s board-and-batten siding is black-stained pine punctuated by Jeld-Wen windows (left and above).

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

The kitchen’s concrete countertop is by Dex Industries (below left). In each room, a single wall was clad

in reclaimed poplar (below right). An antique barrel chair sits in the master bedroom.

“I usually say it’s Japanese rustic modern— three words that pull all the elements together.” NICK CORSELLO, RESIDENT

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“People here are very relaxed. As we turn up the mountain road, our blood pressure goes down.” MICHAEL NEISWANDER, ARCHITECT AND RESIDENT

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

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Your Imagination

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The cold-rolled corrugated-steel roofing from B&M Metals will gradually rust, achieving a weathered

look. One of the pitched roofs shelters a side deck, which has a SwingLab bench (bottom).

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Michael Neiswander Scaly Mountain, North Carolina

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proportionally,” Michael says. “I usually say the house is Japanese rustic modern— three words that pull all the elements together,” Nick adds. And like the micro-dwellings for which Japan is known, the house is very clever with space. A prime example is the kitchen, which opens out to a 10-by-10-foot deck overlooking a 180-degree view of forest and rock-faced mountain ridge. In the spring, native mountain laurel, rhododendrons, and sourwood bloom alongside pine trees and oaks. It’s a perfect backdrop for dining alfresco. “We can pull the furniture out there,” Michael says. “There’s a >@3:=6 E23=6 E92E ƎED @? E@A @7 2? :D=2?5 in the kitchen. When it’s rolled out onto the deck for dinner, it becomes a tall table

Pine slats, which were intentionally spaced unevenly, partially enclose the side deck (above). Outdoor

A Entry Bridge B Bedroom C Master Bedroom

D Bathroom E Deck F Kitchen G Living Area

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areas add nearly 300 square feet to the cabin, whose interior measures about 1,000 square feet.

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A recessed sliding door by JeldWen opens from the kitchen onto a perch deck (below left). Like the

For dining outdoors, Restoration Hardware stools are paired with movable steel trays. A table that nests on top of the kitchen counter can also be wheeled outside.

with stools that work with it.” The couple sited the home on a steep, 35-degree slope, perched on wood piers set atop concrete foundations. A small core of concrete block supports the kitchen and baths above, while protecting pipes and utilities. An 18-foot wood bridge, with railings of welded-wire fencing, links a stone path to the front door. “The front of the house is about six feet off the ground, and E96 324< @7 E96 9@FD6 :D EH6?EJWƎG6 E@ thirty feet above it,” Michael says.

entry bridge (below), the deck is surrounded by welded-wire fencing made by West Macon Welding.

The property’s altitude makes it relatively free of insects, at least for a forest. There’s minimal landscaping because of erosion issues, and, in any case, the pair wanted to keep the surroundings as natural as possible. An old mining road now serves as the primary driveway. All in all, Michael and Nick have created a four-season cottage for themselves, their families, and friends. “We especially enjoy it in the winter,” Nick says. “It’s nice to nestle into.”

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For Kathryn and Josh Thole, Denver was the perfect catch. Josh, a professional baseball player now with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, is on the road from mid February to mid October, leaving just four months a year for the family to spend time together at home. Denver, with its central location, sunny winters, and nearby mountain recreation, offered a place where the Tholes could make the most of the off-season. Finding a house quickly, however, C6BF:C65 5:7Ǝ4F=E 49@:46DP +96 +9@=6D 4@F=5 snap up one of the city’s many bungalows or Tudors—marked by classic, middle-ofthe-country charm but also by small rooms and cramped kitchens—or they could D=:56 :?E@ 2 C646?E 3F:=5O D24C:Ǝ4:?8 9:DE@C:4 character for sleeker design and more Ə6I:3=6 =:G:?8 DA246DN They were able to get the best of both worlds by acquiring a late-19th-century Victorian in the city’s Highland neighborhood in 2013, with plans to invest in a year-long renovation that would instill it with a distinctly modern sensibility. Creating a mash-up of traditional and modern styles was Kathryn’s idea, 2=E9@F89 6IA=2:?:?8 96C 4@?46AE H2D?kE easy. After a few meetings with a local The third floor houses the master suite and an 80-square-foot wet room. Existing walls (inset) were moved in to create a higher “pinch point” in the gable. Linear drains

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Architect Caroline Wilding, then of Denver-based Design Platform, led the renovation. The staircase needed some treads replaced, but

“was left as original as possible,” she says. Wilding created the chandelier using wires from Color Cord and brackets from Home Depot.

An addition created space for a half bathroom and a mudroom. The sink is by Signature Hardware; the Luxe hexagonal tiles from Arizona Tile were custom arranged by Wilding.

2C49:E64EFC6 ƎC> D96 925 9:C65 7@C :ED focus on restoration, it became clear the relationship wasn’t working. “They were sticking too much to Victorian,” Kathryn says, and not enough to modern. Then she found Design Platform, a 6?G6C 56D:8?W3F:=5 ƎC> H:E9 >@C6 4@?temporary leanings. Owner Jonas DiCaprio and then-in-house architect Caroline Wilding got it right away, says Kathryn, coming up with a plan to maintain the

home’s essence while accommodating a workspace for Fig & Fawn, the online children’s boutique Kathryn runs with interior designer Jenny Walsh, as well as room to display Josh’s growing collection of career memorabilia and play space for the kids. Completed in late 2014, the resulting residence comfortably straddles two eras. Imbued with both old-world charm and >@56C?W52J 4@>7@CEDO :E 762EFC6D 6IE6C:@C brick walls and gabled roofs but is stripped

down inside with a black-and-white color D496>6 2?5 2 DA24:@FDO @A6? Ə@@C A=2?N Wilding preserved the structure’s traditional touches where it made sense, keeping the window and door trim in places and shoring up the elegant but squeaky DE2:CH2J E92E 4@??64ED E96 ƎCDE 2?5 D64@?5 Ə@@CDN *>2== >@G6DO =:<6 6IA@D:?8 E96 3C:4< 2C@F?5 E96 ƎC6A=246O C@@E E96 DECF4ture clearly in the past. But she did take a few liberties as part

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“The kitchen, dining area, and family room were originally three separate rooms,” says Wilding. “We opened the space by knocking down walls and installing two large flush beams in the ceiling.” The

original kitchen (inset) was located in what is now the family room. The walnut cabinetry was designed by Wilding; shelves have high-output LED tape routed into a continuous reveal (bottom) for accent lighting.

of the contemporary update, starting with the entrance, where the Design Platform E62> :?DE2==65 2 DE66=O Ə2EWC@@765 42?@AJ over the front porch and a simple steel frame around the door, as if to signal this is not your grandmother’s Victorian. When the project started, the home, ?@H 2 F?:Ǝ65 O DBF2C6 766EO H2D 24EFally two units, “so it involved a lot of undoing the weird decisions that had happened E9C@F89 E96 J62CDOl D2JD .:=5:?8N *96 925 H2==D C6>@G65 @? E96 ƎCDE Ə@@C E@ 4@??64E C64@?Ǝ8FC65 =:G:?8O 5:?:?8O 2?5 <:E496? areas and pulled it all together with preƎ?:D965 H9:E6 @2< Ə@@C:?8N +96 2C49:E64E then removed most of the rear wall to install a large set of windows overlooking

the backyard. Rather than repartition the main space, she built an addition on the west side of the house to make room for a >F5C@@> 2?5 2? 6IEC2 92=7W32E9N +96 D64@?5 Ə@@C :D <:5 46?EC2=O H:E9 bedrooms for the three Thole children and a communal play space that’s brightened with two skylights punched through the steep gabled roof. The entire level serves as a bridge between the home’s past and AC6D6?EO >:I:?8 72>:=:2C 6=6>6?ED H:E9 ?6H >6E9@5DN +96 32E9C@@> Ə@@CO 7@C 6I2>A=6O :D 4@>A@D65 @7 EC25:E:@?2= @?6W :?49 96I28@?2= E:=6D 3@=5=J A=2465 :? 2? asymmetrical zigzag pattern. The hallway serves as a gallery for the family’s sizable collection of baseballs, bats, and photos

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J Bedroom K Playroom L Office M Wet Room N Master Closet O Master Bedroom

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commemorating the home runs and nohitters that mark Josh’s career as a catcher. The biggest challenge—and the biggest success of the project—was arguably the E9:C5 Ə@@CO H9:49 ?@H 9@FD6D E96 >2DE6C bedroom suite, where an airy and ultramodern perforated-metal staircase replaces what was once a tiny set of wooden steps. .:=5:?8 2=D@ 925 E@ H@C< H:E9 6I:DE:?8 roof conditions, making the most of the compound geometry, and sloped ceilings so steep they doubled as walls. The set of constraints inspired a series of spaces that serve as a bathroom, a walk-in closet, and a sleeping area. An additional skylight was also installed in the sleeping area at a height that allows it to serve as a low window, offering Kathryn and Josh a skyline view of downtown Denver, about a mile away, from the comfort of their bed. The most notable feature, however, is a H6E C@@> 6?42D65 :? Ə@@CWE@W46:=:?8 E:=6

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The facade was enhanced with a new porch, steel canopy, and planters, as well as new windows (below left). The second floor houses the

children’s bedrooms and a sunny playroom (below right). The wood floors throughout are prefinished distressed white oak.

“With all these gables we Ĕ Ç ƙŇ ñûƩſÓ ŇƩƙ ƙĔÓ right circulation to make the square footage work. It created opportunities that maybe we wouldn’t have had otherwise.” CAROLINE WILDING, ARCHITECT

with a freestanding tub and two opposing showerheads; at 80 square feet, the space is big enough for the entire family to get clean all at once. Wilding, who has since left Design '=2E7@C> E@ DE2CE 96C @H? ƎC> 42==65 Construct Design/Architecture, is grateful that the Tholes gave her as much freedom as they did to create their new space,

although that was something of a necessity. Kathryn was pregnant with the couple’s third child during the better part of the construction period, and the family was far from Denver, traveling on the road with Josh and his team, then the Toronto Blue Jays. The architect and client communicated through a combination of emails, E6IEDO 2?5 42==D 6249 52JN

“I had two toddlers and a big belly, and my husband was off playing baseball,” says Kathryn. “I was a loose cannon.” But the project succeeded, Wilding believes, because the two sides trusted each @E96CkD G:D:@? 7@C E96 Ǝ?2= C6DF=EDN j.6 connected so much on the aesthetic, I just felt like I could make decisions for her,” Wilding says.

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Clad in western red cedar, a studio called Mauka, Hawaiian for “inland toward the mountains,” anchors a getaway in Maui that architect Erin Moore designed to honor the owner’s connection to the land.

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Moore worked with contractor David Sharp to ensure that the pavilions, each measuring under 120 square feet, would sit lightly on the sloping

site. “A big structure would have been about the house, and not the place,” she says. “Having multiple units was important.”

Living in harmony with nature means something a little different to everyone. For a woman born and raised on Maui, it’s an idea rooted in her childhood in Wailea, before the area mushroomed into a booming tourist destination. “There were just beautiful beaches and simple single-family homes,” she remembers. “We didn’t spend much time inside.” When the woman inherited an undeveloped plot located on land her family had visited in rural Upcountry Maui since the 1960s, she didn’t want a permanent residence as much as a place to recapture the unrestricted outdoor freedom she’d known growing up. But how to accomplish that? After inviting nature writer and philosopher Kathleen Dean Moore to speak at a land conservation event, she recalled seeing photos of Moore’s tiny writing studio, the Watershed, which the writer’s daughter, architect Erin Moore, had built for her in Oregon (Dwell, October 2008). She reached out to the daughter by email and then the two met over coffee. Moore, an associate professor in the University of Oregon’s Department of Architecture and its Environmental Studies Program and the founder of

FLOAT Architectural Research and Design, had declined offers to replicate the Watershed, but here was a chance to do a project H96C6 E96 ?2EFC2= 6?G:C@?>6?E 42>6 ƎCDEN “The question is, how do you take a piece of land you value because of its wildness and then build on it in a way that makes it at least as wild and not less?” she says. After studying the uneven site, which D:ED 2E@A 2 WJ62CW@=5 =2G2 Ə@H 2?5 :D crisscrossed by historic lava rock walls, Moore, acting here as the designer, devised two demountable pavilions, Mauka (facing the mountains) and Makai (facing the sea), each measuring less than 120 square feet. The undeveloped areas are as much a part of the site as the built ones. Set atop four concrete piers, Mauka is an enclosed studio situated so that the DF?kD ƎCDE C2JD 86?E=J :==F>:?2E6 E96 :?E6rior before leaving it in shade. With an open-air deck and kitchen and an outdoor shower, Makai sits a stone’s throw away, @C:6?E65 E@H2C5 E96 G2DE '24:Ǝ4N Since nearly all lumber in Hawaii is imported, Moore and the owner thoughtfully considered their material choices. They chose highly sustainable western red cedar for Mauka’s east and west facades

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and the interior. For the cladding and decking, the owner suggested juniper, which, =:<6 E96 4652CO :D 92CG6DE65 :? E96 '24:Ǝ4 Northwest. Wanting Makai to have a lighter feel, Moore collaborated with structural designer Mark Donofrio on a prefabricated steel frame that was anchored to the rock with threaded rods. Solar- and battery-powered lanterns provide illumination at night and there’s a composting toilet on-site. Down the road, the property is intended to become fully energy-, water- and waste-independent. For the owner, the pavilions embody the 2H2::2? 4@?46AE @7 =@92 kª:?2N j EkD about a relationship of love and respect for the land,” she says. “Respect leads to care and stewardship.” +96 AC@;64EO H9:49 H@? ƎCDE A=246 :? this year’s University of Hawaii Building -@:46D 6D:8? @>A6E:E:@?O C6Ə64ED Moore’s commitment to environmental 6E9:4DN j k> :?E6C6DE65 :? 9@H E96 DECF4W EFC6D H6 3F:=5 D92A6 @FC G:6HD @C C6Ə64E these cultural constructions of ideas of our role in the natural world,” she says. “Offering a way of being in Hawaii that :D >@C6 23@FE kª:?2YE96 =2?5 2?5 E96 A=246Y:D 2? :>A@CE2?E 4@?EC:3FE:@?Nl

Makai’s structural steel components were designed by Mark Donofrio and affixed to the lava at four points (bottom). “Because of the angle of the lava, it’s asymmetrical,” says

Moore. The open-air shower features a screen Moore wove from marine rope (below left), while the kitchen contains a Kohler sink and pot racks from IKEA (below right).

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Erin Moore Maui, Hawaii

A Shower B Kitchen/ Deck C Studio

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Simon and Sarah Younger had only toyed with the idea of building a new beach house beside their shack in Dunalley, Tasmania, when the property was razed by 2 3FD9ƎC6 :? N 7E6C E96 D>@<6 cleared, the Youngers turned to architect Stuart Tanner to design a refuge that would make them feel safe and still realize E96:C G242E:@? 9@FD6 H:D9 =:DEN The Youngers’ new house is “solid and protecting, yet connected with the vast landscape and vista across Dunalley Bay,” D2JD +2??6CN F:=E 7C@> DE66=O +2D>2?:2? oak timber, glass, and precast concrete, the semi-modular house has two distinct H:?8DO @?6 7@C D=66A:?8 2?5 @?6 7@C =:G:?8N The pavilions are separated by a long deck, H9:49 D6CG6D 2D 3@E9 6?ECJ 2?5 2I:D E@ $EN Wellington and the capital city of Hobart :? E96 5:DE2?46N “Prior to losing the original house, we’d been collecting pictures of concrete houses for the future project, so when we did rebuild, it was an added bonus that concrete gave us safety as well as the aesthetic H6 H6C6 27E6COl D2JD *2C29N Not only was precast concrete durable, 4@DE 67764E:G6O 2?5 67Ǝ4:6?EO 3FE :E

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The Younger family vacation home is a semi-modular structure made of wood, steel, glass, and precast concrete. It’s surrounded by

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Tasman gold gravel, which acts as a buffer zone in case of a bushfire. A building-height LED light accentuates an exterior corner.

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The dwelling’s concrete slab meets a New Zealand pine deck at the custom steel entrance door (below).

The living area floats atop a deeply recessed steel-reinforced concrete block structure (below right).

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The dining table and chairs are by Charles and Ray Eames. The ceiling, which extends beyond the building’s envelope, is made of Tasmanian oak.

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E96 ?2EFC2= H@C=5Ol +2??6C 564=2C6DN To this end, the architect gently hunkered the rear sleeping wing into the land, so that it would recede behind the social A2G:=:@?N +96 =2EE6CO 3J 4@?EC2DEO :D D=:89E=J raised above the contour of the land and appears to hover over the sometimes wild H2E6C @7 E96 32JN The expanse of glass protecting the living pavilion from northwesterly gales is, C6>2C<23=JO D:?8=6W8=2K6 @?=JN .9:=6 E96 budget precluded double- or triple-glaze panes, Tanner says that the building’s high thermal mass, orientation for solar gain, and hefty insulation ultimately made E9:4<6C 8=2DD DFA6CƏF@FDN Precast elements always require a high degree of precision, but the stakes are

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The corner bathroom is defined by a freestanding Kado Lure 1760 tub and a powerful view of the bay.

all the greater when the site is far from a >2;@C 4:EJN *2JD E96 2C49:E64EO j EkD 2 E6DE2ment to the skill of all involved—an excellent builder and engineer and clients who didn’t try to grab the steering wheel half-

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The aluminium-framed windows throughout are by Australian company Capral. “We wanted as

much glass as possible to enjoy the almost 360-degree views,” says resident Sarah Younger.

Dunalley House ARCHITECT LOCATION

Stuart Tanner Architects Tasmania, Australia

property in 2013. Tanner worked with Cordwell Lane builders to complete the project in eight months.

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and overall simplicity together convey a 9F>3=6 C6=2E:@?D9:A E@ ?2EFC6N The Youngers credit Tanner for the sense of peace and protection they feel at E96:C ?6H 32JD:56 C6EC62EN j*EF2CE 92D made the house look and feel as though :EkD Ə@2E:?8 @? H2E6C 7C@> E96 :?D:56 2?5 @FEOl D2JD *2C29N j0@F 2=>@DE 766= =:<6 J@F 2C6 @? 2 3@2ENl

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Why is that important in making architecture? +@@ >F49 6IA6C:6?46O H:E9@FE enough fresh blood and new fresh ideas, breeds monotony and mediocrity and cynicism. That’s the last thing you want. Also, we recognize that people bring different capacities: managerial, design, @C82?:K2E:@?2=N +96J 2C6 6BF2==J G2=F65O 2?5 E96J 92G6 E@ 36O 3642FD6 2C49:E64EFC6 is made up of all those things. Most people imagine architecture— particularly Daniel’s—as being all about a sketch on a napkin. Well, the work always starts with a drawing that Daniel creates, whether it’s on a napkin, on the back of an airline ticket, in his sketchbook, or on his iPad. What’s changed in the last 10 years is the speed with which that drawing can be translated into the beginnings of a real concept design, the feeling of what the space will be like. {ťĈ ƻıķÎĈ ŭȓ ÎƻƟǡƎĈ ŭƦŌ ƦĈ \ ŭƻƦ Ǝ Holocaust Monument in Canada. What does that mean to you? I was born in Ottawa, so I’m delighted to be building in Canada and the capital, a place of such :>A@CE2?46N +96D6 AC@;64ED @7 >6>@CJ are incredibly important. As the world >@G6D 7FCE96C 2?5 7FCE96C :?E@ 2>?6D:2O :EkD G6CJ :>A@CE2?E E@ 92G6 2 A=246 H96C6 people can come together and think about what’s happened.

You and your husband, architect Daniel Libeskind, have worked closely since founding Studio Libeskind in 1989. How do you describe your role? I am not an architect, nor am I a businessperson. But I think it’s the glue that helps to stick things together. I’m able to discuss E96 DEC2E68J 7@C E96 @7Ǝ46O E96 @G6C2C49:?8 ideas about what we’d like to do.

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One of the firm’s newest projects, The National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa, Canada, opens to the public in September. It is the region’s largest and most complex monument

in nearly 80 years. Symbolically sited across from the Canadian War Museum, the structure features six triangular concrete volumes configured to create the points of a star.

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Your family, the Lewises, are prominent in Canadian politics. You say you bring a Ȅ Ʀ ëŭ Ʀ ȓǡŭȉŭ ȅ ƻ ťĈ \Ĉ ƻȉƉ ƻıķÎĈǱ How so? With my background and as D@>6@?6 H9@ 36=:6G6D :? D@4:2= 56>@4C24JO ECJ E@ 8:G6 E96 36DE A@DD:3=6 H@C<:?8 conditions that I can. It’s hard in America, 3FE H6 ECJ E@ >2<6 E96 H@C< 6?G:C@?>6?E commensurate with the enormous effort people put in. Architecture is not an easy profession. EkD ?@ER ?5 A2CE=J 3642FD6 :EkD 2 G6CJ =6?8E9J AC@46DDN +96 !6H:D9 $FD6F> :? Berlin took us from 1989 to 2001. It can take an inordinate amount of time, and one must keep up the spirit. It’s a tough business, no doubt. But it’s fun.

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Two trunk-like columns support an aluminum-and-zinc-clad home in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains designed by architect Craig Steely. With an intention to disrupt as few oak trees on the dense

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site as possible, Steely built the glass-walled house to nestle against the steep hillside. Visitors access the entrance from above, descending to the living spaces via a native grass-covered roof.

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When Pam and Paul Costa moved from Milwaukee to Silicon Valley—via their employment at Apple—they dreamed of building their own home, just like some of their friends and relatives had done back in the Midwest. But they discovered that this rite of passage wasn’t as easily accomplished here as it was in Wisconsin. Even worse than the obvious sticker shock was the fact that most of the buildable land had been spoken for. Which brought them to a steep property thick with trees and ravines in the meandering hills above Cupertino—a site that had been deemed unbuildable for generations—and to a gutsy architect named Craig Steely, who had a reputation for pulling off the seemingly impossible. “It wasn’t a hundred percent clear that it could be built on, but it was just so pretty,” recalls Pam, who now works as a therapist, of the lot. It lacked utilities and even sewer lines when the couple bought it. “It was a huge gamble to do this,” says the architect, who has completed daring work on hillsides, on cliffsides, on lava

Ǝ6=5DO :? E:89E FC32? =@EDO 2?5 :? @E96C challenging places. “If it hadn’t worked, they would have been stuck with a really great place to camp.” But, he adds, “The best projects I’ve done are on lots that are really complicated. They have so much reward. It allows you to think of something complicated and intricate.” When the Costas brought Steely to the site, it became clear to all parties that the 9@>6 D9@F=5 Ə@2E :? DA246 2>@?8 E96 trees, not bury itself into the land or require clearing any of its natural majesty for the typical building pad. “We just wanted to be in the forest,” says Pam. The rectangular, zinc-and-aluminumclad structure hovers above the natural topography, stepping down the slope, anchored by two steel columns rammed deep into the earth. Inside, the goal was also to highlight the bucolic surroundings, and this was accomplished by opening up the single-story =:G:?8 DA246 H:E9 Ə@@CWE@W46:=:?8 8=2DD windows and sliders and creating as few

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Ź ĭŇƙ Ňì ŜÓŇŜĭÓ Ɔ Ǟ ƙĔÓǞ ǘŇƩĭÇ ĭĚĪÓ ƙŇ Ó ķĚļĚķ ĭĚƆƙ , Ʃƙ ƙĔÓǞ ÇŇļżƙ ſÓõÓ¶ƙ ƙĔ ƙ .” Paul Costa, resident The main living area is cantilevered into the tree canopy, while bedrooms, bathrooms, service, and storage are located behind a long wall of cabinetry against the hillside. The living room, office, and

kitchen are sunken into the concrete floor, providing delineation in the open plan. A 22-foot-long white composite quartz countertop provides both kitchen work space and a dining table.

Ź2ì Ěƙ Ĕ Çļżƙ ǘŇſĪÓÇÂ ƙĔÓǞ ǘŇƩĭÇ Ĕ ǗÓ ÓÓļ ƆƙƩ¶Ī ǘĚƙĔ ſÓ ĭĭǞ ûſÓ ƙ Ŝĭ ¶Ó ƙŇ ¶ ķŜ.” Craig Steely, architect

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The living room features a 250-square-foot configuration of Patricia Urquiola’s Tufty-Time sofa for B&B Italia. Overhead, as in the rest of the main living spaces, flush- mounted LED strips provide further demarcation of zones.

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internal walls as possible. The space was 7FCE96C F?:Ǝ65 3J 2 D:?8=6 4@?4C6E6 D=23 Ə@@C 2?5 6IA@D65 3=24< DE66= 4@=F>?DN “If you could build a glass house in the trees, all of a sudden it functions,” Steely says. “You don’t have heat gain. You don’t have privacy issues.” To organize this open plan, the architect resorted to two techniques. First, he installed the bedrooms and the cabinetry containing storage and mechanical systems against the hillside. Then, to infor>2==J D6A2C2E6 DA246DO 96 DF?< E96 @7Ǝ46O the kitchen, and a large, pillowy conversaE:@? A:E 36=@H E96 >2:? Ə@@C =6G6=N 6 further reinforced these separations by installing glowing bands of LEDs in the ceiling above, creating an effect

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A bridge of steel grating leads to the garage and the entrance, both on the upper level. Sunlight funnels through an opening in the rooftop down to the living area. The orange hot tub is by ALFI (opposite).

reminiscent of a Dan Flavin artwork or the movie Tron. This Tron reference, by the way, wasn’t 2 4@:?4:56?46N +96 @DE2D 2C6 9F86 Ǝ=> fans, and the home is full of allusions to their favorites. The garage—along with a small roof garden, deck, and curved-glass peekaboo home entrance atop the living space—has a glass rear wall and a cubelike massing that’s a dead ringer for the Ben Rose garage in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. And a rectangular slab of quartz in the master suite harkens back to the monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Another overarching goal was that the house waste as little space as possible. Taking into account all the clients’ needs, the design started at 4,400 square feet but ended at 2,500. Many volumes perform double duty, and none sit empty for long. The guest room doubles as a playroom thanks to a Murphy bed and sliding walls; the guest bathroom is both a shower and

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a tub; the kitchen and dining room are one and the same. “The goal was that every space get used every day,” says Paul. “The house forces us to live the way we desire to live. I feel like a lot of people say they would like to be a minimalist or they love nature. But they 5@?kE 2=H2JD C6Ə64E E92EN +9:D 9@FD6 :D ?@E just encouraging you to do those things. It’s basically forcing you.” ?@E96C 6I2>A=6 @7 E9:D H:==65 AC65:42ment: There’s no space to hang art. “You’re going to be looking at the tree canopy whether you want to or not,” notes Paul. “That sounds oppressive, but it’s really :?4C65:3=J C6=2I:?8 2?5 7C66:?8 @?46 J@F get used to it and release into it.” To break up all this minimalism and glass, Steely dotted the sunken spaces with warm and colorful accents, such as the purple of the conversation pit and the pisE249:@ H@@5 @7 E96 @7Ǝ46N 6 2=D@ :?4@CA@rated some daring sculptural touches, like

Ornate furnishings in the bedrooms offer an intriguing contrast to the rest of the house (left). The master suite features a monolithic wall of quartz to separate the shower from the rest of the room (below).

the pointed steel stair plunging from the 82C286 E@ E96 @7Ǝ46 2?5 4FCG65 8=2DD instead of corners on all elevations. “There’s something really feminine and subtle about the curves and how they connect,” Steely says. “It’s a less aggressive approach to making a de-materialized 4@C?6CNl +96 3:8O 2C4:?8 4FCG6D 4C62E6 F?6Ipected transparencies, increasing the D6?D2E:@? @7 Ə@2E:?8 2?5O J6DO >2<:?8 E96 house seem to go away. Not to mention evoking the spatially warped work of artist Dan Graham. So while the home is utterly simple, it’s full of surprises. But the best part is quite predictable: harmony with nature and a feeling of zen. “I’ll walk through and see a perfect view,” says Pam. “And I see other people light up when they enter the space. “To have this sense of being outside when you’re actually inside, to be in nature and feel so connected to it—the leaves from the trees can just blow inside.”

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

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The residents removed vestiges of bad renovations from the past. “The 11-foot ceiling had been lowered in some rooms, which was a popular thing to do in Sweden in the 1970s in order to save energy,” Martin explains. “Some of the stucco had been destroyed,

so we re-created both ceilings and windows.” The restored floors are original; the residents also removed and replaced all the electrical outlets, switches, and door handles. In the living room, a Vipp table lamp rests on a Hockney sofa by Eero Koivisto

for David Design (opposite, top); the Penta chairs are by Kim Moltzer and Jean-Paul Barray (opposite, bottom). A Snowball pendant by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen hangs in the dining room; the J46 chairs are by Poul M. Volther (opposite, right).

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When creative director Martin Ringqvist and his wife, My, a teacher, moved back to Sweden after a year in Los Angeles, they wanted an authentic, warm space to live in with their two children. After much deliberation and house hunting, they found H92E E96J ?66565 :? 2 7@FCW365C@@> Ə2E in Gothenburg’s downtown neighborhood of Vasastan, where many of the buildings date from the 18th and 19th centuries. “On a rainy day in fall, when you feel a bit low, you can look out from our windows and pretend that you’re in the Marais in Paris,” says Martin. “When we stepped into this apartment, everything

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felt right. Many of the original details from the 19th century were still there— and the rest we were able to re-create. So we didn’t even hesitate.” &C:8:?2= 56E2:=D H6C6 C6DA64E65O ƎCDE 2?5 7@C6>@DEN j+96 EC:4< :D E@ Ǝ?5 2 balance. We love to mix stuff,” explains Martin. “We bought black marble for nearly nothing from a quarry outside Valencia and paired it with worn-down furniture; we placed a 200-year-old tiled stove with a super-slick Vipp kitchen system. An apartment like this one needs to be ‘dressed down’ a bit. Otherwise it can quickly get tacky.”

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Martin and My have lived together for 18 years, and in the very beginning of their relationship they agreed not to buy a single item unless they believed they would keep it for the rest of their lives. They’ve stayed true to that promise—their E6=6G:D:@? D2E @? 2 A2A6C 3@I 7@C ƎG6 J62CDO 2?5 :E E@@< ƎG6 >@C6 E@ Ǝ?5 E96 E23=6 E@ hold the remote. They applied the same principle to one of the project’s biggest-

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ticket items: the Vipp kitchen system. “We saw a picture in a magazine, and :E H2D =@G6 2E ƎCDE D:89EN .6 :>>65:2E6=J booked a meeting at Vipp’s concept store in Copenhagen. We were nervous as we were walking over there,” Martin says. “We thought, ‘What if the kitchen isn’t as perfect in real life?’ Luckily for us, it was. After an hour, we walked back to the hotel, happy and broke.”

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a storage space for an iPad that controls the home’s sound system. The bathroom is clad in black marble sourced from Spain (opposite, right). In the bedroom, a weathered Swan chair by Arne Jacobsen is next to a table designed by Vipp (below).

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Even after a cramped cottage north of San Francisco grew, space and storage remained top of mind.

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Formerly a one-bedroom cabin, the Mill Valley, California, home of Tim and Stefanie Rosa more than doubled in size after a renovation and addition by Pfau Long Architecture. A concrete pathway leads from the

garage, up some steps, to a high-ceilinged kitchen-living-dining room outfitted with white oak casework by Henrybuilt (opposite). Leo, five, sits in a Tripp Trapp chair at a custom dining table.

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Ventana windows and an ipe deck face a towering oak tree; Willow Balls from San Francisco Flower Mart hang from its branches (opposite). Inside, Pelle pendants dangle above a PlanToys children’s table in the original cottage, now a great room (below left). Tim reclines in an Eames Lounge (below right).The bookcase behind him connects to the kitchen storage system.

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Mill Valley, California, is not the town that time forgot—although it can sometimes feel like a modern-day Middle-earth. Folksy and friendly, the wooded enclave 14 miles north of San Francisco is traversed by a creek and a multitude of hiking trails, and its houses are dwarfed by redwoods— which in turn are dwarfed by Mount Tamalpais, whose peaks are visible one moment and shrouded in swirling, glowing mists the next. Over the decades, Mill Valley has retained its laid-back vibe while absorbing newcomers seeking access to peace, nature, and good public schools. Two such transplants, Tim and Stefanie Rosa, formerly of La Jolla, were renting a place near Mill Valley’s downtown when they stumbled upon their future home. j.6 FD65 E@ H2=< ,=FO @FC =2E6 %6HƎ6O past this little cottage from the forties, and dream about how cool it would be to live there,” recalls Tim, who at the time was VP of Brand Development at Electronic Arts and is now an SVP and the 49:67 >2C<6E:?8 @7Ǝ46C 2E :E3:EN j+96? 2 year later, our realtor called and told us it was for sale,” says Stefanie, a graphic and interior designer who has a number of home renovations under her belt with both Tim and her father, a developer. Like some kind of canine dowser, Ulu also guided them to their architect, Peter Pfau, of Pfau Long Architecture. They were

out on a romp at Stinson Beach when the dog pulled them toward one of Pfau’s classic houses on a street called Sonoma Patio. “It very much has the rustic modern feeling of a Sea Ranch house, which was exactly how our aesthetic was evolving,” says Tim. Pfau took a look at the cottage the couple wanted to buy even before they made an offer. “From the outside, it had this picture-perfect little pitched roof, like the quintessential house form,” recalls Pfau. “And from the inside, well, it was like the worst place you ever stayed in college.” The challenge was to open up the 600-squarefoot knotty pine interior while retaining E96 DEC66EW724:?8O A62<WC@@765 AC@Ǝ=6O which was essential to grandfathering in the setbacks. Pfau took the structure down to a couple of studs and scraped out the interior, creating a large, sun-washed great room with a cathedral-like ceiling and large windows— one of which perfectly frames Mt. Tam in the distance. Working within a tight space on the small lot, and determined to save a mature oak growing in the middle, Pfau devised a long, narrow addition that turns off the side of the original cottage. This shed-roofed new building houses a hallway, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a powder room. A media room is inserted into the triangular intersection of the two structures, bringing the total size of the home to 1,500 square feet, excluding

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the garage. The freshly renovated house looks out to sweeping views beyond, with a generous outdoor deck hugging the side. The materials—unpainted cedar, boardformed concrete, and a zinc roof that will develop a patina over time—further integrate the home into its surroundings. From the street level, a path leads past the garage and an outdoor shower—per764E 7@C +:>kD 2ACĚDWDFCƎ?8 23=FE:@?DY through the lower garden and up to a sliding glass front door. Inside, there is no wasted space. “It’s very boat-like, how overthought it is in its compactness,” says Pfau, who worked in conjunction with project manager Melanie Turner. In fact, the interior is surprisingly expansive, with a minimalist approach to materials. There are radiant-heated con4C6E6 Ə@@CD 2?5 H9:E6 @2< 42D6H@C< designed and made by Henrybuilt, known primarily for its crafted, customizable kitchen systems. Having collaborated on a previous project, the Rosas knew that the company would play an integral role in helping them maximize storage throughout the house. “Any built-in you see, they designed it,” says Tim, who worked with Chris Barriatua, a Henrybuilt VP who moved his own family from Manhattan to Mill Valley in order to set up one of the company’s three showrooms in what had been a 4,000-square-foot garage. Barriatua also relished the ongoing process of give-and-take. “The early thinking with the kitchen was to do the obvious, and just line the walls with cabinets and put the sink under the window,” he recalls. “And then one Monday, I got a sketch from Stef, saying that she and Tim had been tinkering with the idea of breaking out an island. It was the perfect trigger for creating a feeling of separation between the ‘shell’ of the room and the kitchen.” The new approach included a series of components that were placed along the

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great room’s side wall and together serve as a combination library, entertainment 46?E6CO @7Ǝ46O A2?ECJO 2?5 C67C:86C2E@CN +96 result is a room with plenty of storage that :D?kE @G6C3FC56?65 3J Ə@@CWE@W46:=:?8 423inetry. “In our work,” says Barriatua, “we put a lot of focus on the relationship between density and openness—making sure there’s enough storage for people’s things, and enough ‘white space’ to create a feeling of grace.” *@ 72CO 6G6CJE9:?8 D66>D E@ ƎEO :?4=F5:?8 E96 )@D2Dk ƎG6WJ62CW@=5 D@?O #6@O H9@ has a cozy reading loft in his bedroom and a playhouse in the garden (with walls he is

encouraged to paint). And like many who once couldn’t imagine being anywhere but in a city, Tim and Stefanie now feel equally passionate about waking up a few minutes from the creek where Leo splashes almost every day and the mountain where they hike. “It’s funny, as Leo gets bigger, we wonder if we need more space,” says Stefanie. “But for now we’re staying put. We have neighbors who live in a much larger house, and they’re actually kind of jealous, because they never see their kids. In a smaller space, I think, you just tend to stay together more as a family.”

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Mill Valley, California

A Master Bathroom B Master Bedroom C Bedroom D Bathroom

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siding is untreated, and its zinc roof will “mellow” over time, according to architect Peter Pfau. In the media room, Henrybuilt designed the built-in desk and bench (below left and right).

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Leo flies across the yard on a rope swing (opposite). The oak’s trunk is surrounded by Mexican river stones. Weathered-steel planters, built by Gramajo, flank the base of the deck (above left). The home’s cedar

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Desai Chia Architecture harvested plagued ash trees from the client’s property and used them for interior millwork, flooring, and trim. Working in collaboration with local architect of record Ray Kendra of

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Environment Architects and Delta Millworks of Texas, the firm clad the dwelling’s exterior in cedar that was intentionally burned to protect it from fire, insects, and age. The process is called shou sugi ban.

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A charred-cedar clad home overlooks Lake Michigan .

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Can chopping down trees to build a house be an act of preservation? Mike and Barb Collins cleared about a hundred trees from the Leelanau County, Michigan, lot they bought in 2012 in order to make way for a vacation home. About 40 of them were ash trees, which, in northern Michigan and elsewhere, are being devastated by a beetle :?76DE2E:@? E92E H2D ƎCDE 5:D4@G6C65 ?62C Detroit in 2002. The insect, known as the Emerald Ash Borer, apparently was an unwitting passenger when some wood pallets were delivered to the U.S. from Asia and has since spread to 30 states. The ash trees on the Collins lot, all roughly 30 to 70 years old, were considered doomed when planning for the house began in 2014. But by being cut down before the beetles completely infested and killed them, the trees experienced a second life as part of the new home. The bulk of the rest of the trees cleared were scrub and brush trees—not good for much except ƎC6H@@5Y3FE E96 2D9 EC66D H6C6 DA64:2=O particularly because one day they might not exist in the area at all. The couple selected New York–based architects Katherine Chia and Arjun Desai, of Desai Chia Architecture, after seeing an article in the Wall Street Journal about a residence they had designed as an interpretation of Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House. Mike, a small business owner who’d studied the iconic structure in a history of architecture class in college, had saved the article and set it aside. When the time came to build, he called upon Chia 2?5 6D2: E@ >2<6 E96:C ƎCDEW6G6C EC:A E@ northern Michigan. There they found inspiration to design a minimalist house with lots of glass that brings the outdoors in and takes advantage of the property’s pristine views. The 17-acre lot fronts Lake Michigan in a wooded setting with a steep drop-off to a sandy strand. The objective was to make the home friendly for the clients’ three high-school-to-college-aged daughters so that the family could enjoy vacations together. The result was a four-bedroom house composed of three volumes connected by a breezeway and a soaring cantilever that extends the communal spaces into an outdoor living room. The clients wanted something made of wood, steel, stone, and no brick. In addition to using the ash trees, the team agreed to a cedar exterior that employed shou sugi ban, the Japanese art of preserving wood by charring it. Having just returned from

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Three interconnected structures— one for communal spaces, one for the master suite, and one for the three children’s bedrooms—are linked via a glass-enclosed breezeway that also serves as the entrance and dining area. In the master

bedroom (opposite), the ash bed was designed by Desai Chia and fabricated by Gary Cheadle of Woodbine; the dresser is by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Panes by Western Windows appear throughout the home.

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Desai Chia Architecture Environment Architects Leelanau County, Michigan A Entrance B Terrace C Living Room D Kitchen

E Dining Room F Master Bedroom G Master Bathroom H Bedroom I Bathroom J Family Room

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“The overhang above the patio doubles the size of the living room.”

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Katherine Chia, architect

The home’s undulating roof, composed of exposed wood beams and plywood sheathing, references the rolling terrain. A Cor-Ten steel–clad outdoor fireplace was built by BRD Construction; the same material was used for the interior fireplace,

as surround on some windows, as cladding for the garage door, and on the chimney. The lounge chairs are from the Finn Collection from Design Within Reach. Tim Kirby of Surface Design Inc. tackled the site’s landscape architecture.

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Japan, the architects were interested in the technique, but had never used wood treated this way before. Mike was intrigued because the charring process makes wood insect-, mold-, and rot-resistant. Austinbased Delta Millworks treated the cedar, which was then used as cladding and on parts of the interior. 8C2?5 42?E:=6G6C :D DFAA@CE65 3J EH@ large steel I-beams on the east and west sides of the house, creating a roof that D96=E6CD 2? @FE5@@C ƎC6A=246 2?5 E96 =2C86 patio. When it rains, a series of scuppers and a metal trough direct water off the gutterless roof and into the ground. The interior approach is minimalist and focused on the views. “The beauty of the space and how you use it is so dependent on how you store your stuff and how you F?4=FEE6C 2C62DOl 9:2 6IA=2:?DN +96 ƎC> 5:5 an inventory of the things the residents would want to hide away and gave careful consideration to size and location of storage. Among the many things they accounted for were the coffee maker and wine bar, the washer and dryer, and a mountain of snow boots, coats, and blankets. Closets run along

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the bedroom hallways and cabinets occupy an entire wall of the kitchen. Spared from the chipper, the ash wood 3642>6 E96 Ə@@C:?8 2?5 D@>6 46:=:?8 A2?els, as well as trim and furniture throughout the house. The dining table is made of three 14-foot ash slabs. Now that they’ve settled into their vacation home, the Collinses, who are based in a comparatively dense suburb of Detroit, love the wide-angle views. They can even DA@E ƎG6 :D=2?5D :? E96 =2<6N j#@@<:?8 :? any direction, at any time of year, is captivating,” says Mike. The design makes the residents feel part of the constant seasonal 492?86N ?5 H9:=6 E6>A6C2EFC6D >2J ƏF4tuate wildly, the house’s geothermal heat pump, which uses the earth as a heat source and transfers energy from the ground, makes the hulking home feel like a cozy cottage. The closed-loop system uses the difference between the air temperature and the relatively constant below-ground temperature to generate heat in the winter and to cool in the summer, using minimal outside energy. Michael spent only $2 on heat last year.

The residents went with a Control4 automation system to handle lighting, sound, and window shades; Traverse City–based Waara Technologies did the installation. A fireplace designed by Desai Chia and built by BRD anchors the living area (left). The space is open to the kitchen, where Basaltina countertops are paired with Thermador appliances (above). The dining area features an ash table designed by Desai Chia and created by Gary Cheadle (opposite). The chairs are by Jens Risom.

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Facade Focus: Shou Sugi Ban

ILLUSTRATIONS: PETER OUMANSKI

A centuries-old Japanese technique as explained by architect Terunobu Fujimori.

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Fujimori uses a tool E@ 4@2I E96 ƎC6 FA D6G6C2= boards that have been tied together; this ensures an even charring of the wood.

&?46 E96 ƎC6 :D 6G6?=J distributed across the length of the boards, it is simply a matter of waiting.

After seven minutes— the amount of time it takes to produce the proper degree of char—the boards are separated.

Water is used to halt the AC@46DDN 7E6C E96 Ə2>6D have been put out, the boards continue to crackle and smoke.

The primitive and painstaking process is said to protect wood against rain, rot, and insects for 80 years. It also gives the exteriors a reptilian texture that’s as striking as it is practical.

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hĔÓ ¶ŇļǗÓſƆĚŇļ Ňì ñſÓ Ɔƙ ƙĚŇļ ĚļƙŇ studio, stage, and lodging for musicians tracks the rebirth of a New Haven neighborhood. T EX T BY

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dispatch Once an abandoned building, Firehouse 12 is today full of activity, with a bar, a loft, and a joint music venue/recording studio—one of the few of its kind—contained within its original 6,920-square-foot

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shell (opposite). Gray Organschi Architecture performed the overhaul, including a 650-square-foot roof addition, reached by a wood staircase, that’s part of a fivebedroom inn for musicians.

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to design precise, lyrical shapes. The addition arrived in 10 pieces, including a support for the staircase; all of them were craned onto the roof and assembled in a single day. The partitions between the rooms and neighboring buildings are stud walls with board siding.

A Ask any two people from New Haven what Firehouse 12 is, and you’re almost bound to get two different answers. To >FD:4 =@G6CDO E96 C6DE@C65 ƎC6 DE2E:@? on Crown Street is Connecticut’s preeminent venue for experimental jazz, a place where artists who normally have a hard time booking gigs outside of major cities can draw an enthusiastic crowd. For the

civic-minded, it’s a local success story, the crown jewel in New Haven’s decades-long effort to clean up the Ninth Square district. And for others, it’s simply a downtown watering hole, albeit a very nice one presided over by an award-winning bartender. The truth is, Firehouse 12 is all those things, a beacon for the arts and a hub for the community. And at the heart of the venture, started 12 years ago by owner Nick Lloyd, is a recording studio that pulls double duty as a 75-seat auditorium for live shows during the spring and fall jazz series. “We had to envision the use of space on a very functional level,” says Lloyd, seated in the green room late one afternoon. All around, the staff is busy preparing for an evening concert by a jazz trio up from New 0@C<N F6 E@ 4@?Ə:4E:?8 4@56D 2?5 5:776C:?8 acoustical requirements, recording studios and music venues seldom occupy the same space. In his role as chief engineer, Lloyd—a pianist himself—has mixed and recorded artists from avant-garde jazz pioneer Anthony Braxton to Brooklyn rock group Dirty Projectors. Some have played their songs for an audience in the same

Firehouse 12

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Gray Organschi Architecture

New Haven, Connecticut

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“There’s no place like it in the city. Its programming has brought in an audience that might not normally make a trip to this neighborhood, and its world-class recording studio brings in artists.”

E Basement

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Name: Paul Mayer Occupation: Owner, Cafe 9 Connection: Located on the same block as Firehouse 12, Cafe 9 has hosted live music in Ninth Square since 1994.

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A Cocktail Lounge B Elevator C Storage D Bathroom

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E Kitchen F Lobby G Auditorium/ Recording Studio

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Opposite: Three of the five bedrooms at Firehouse 12 are located in the addition, which is made of cross-laminated timber panels, an engineered, prefabricated wood product. Each panel is made of bleached black spruce that was CNC-milled, enabling the team

Third Floor H Control Room I Green Room J Mezzanine K Bedroom

L Kitchen/Dining Area M Laundry N Living Area O Roof Deck

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

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Wall of Sound A cutaway reveals how the Firehouse 12 auditorium/ recording studio is separated from the main structure to contain sound and keep ambient noise out.

ILLUSTRATION: PETER OUMANSKI

A Acoustic Isolation Hanger B 1/2-Inch Air Gap

C Flooring Mat D Outer Wall

Architects Alan Organschi and Lisa Gray transformed the building in two phases: first the renovation of the original structure, completed in 2005, and then the prefab addition, finished in 2016. The first-floor auditorium/recording studio is

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spot where they laid down the original tracks. Others have released music through the label Firehouse 12 Records. “It was like a sardine can, putting all that in there and still trying to capture the spatiality of the building,” says architect Alan Organschi, who, along with wife and partner Lisa Gray, brought the forgotten, nearly O WDBF2C6W7@@E 7@C>6C ƎC6 DE2E:@? 324< from the brink over more than a decade. The couple’s ties to Ninth Square run deep. The two met around the corner as grad students at the Yale School of Architecture in 1987. Today, Gray Organschi Architecture is located right next door to Firehouse 12, on a street lined with cafes and shops. Yet they can remember a time when the area wasn’t so welcoming. Gray describes things as being “pretty dilapidated” when they opened shop 17 years ago. “One block away was the [now demolished] New Haven Coliseum, which essentially had been abandoned by the city,” Organschi says. “It was rusting and the concrete was failing. It was like a giant urban ruin, liter2==J 2?5 Ǝ8FC2E:G6=J 42DE:?8 2 D925@H @G6C the neighborhood.” In 2000, the city, hoping to boost foot EC27Ǝ4O AFE @FE 2 C6BF6DE 7@C AC@A@D2=D E@ C656G6=@A E96 ƎC6 DE2E:@?O H9:49O =:<6 >2?J buildings downtown, had sunk into a state of advanced decrepitude. Whole sections of the roof were rotting, a tar-like hydrocarbon coating clung to the walls, and for years DBF2EE6CD 925 366? =:89E:?8 ƎC6D :?5@@CDN

located in a curvaceous wood pod that hovers above the bar in the basement. Concrete structural buttresses support the wall and act as stylized booth dividers (opposite). The auditorium is so acoustically isolated that the cocktail lounge

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But the masonry was basically sound. Lloyd, a Yale graduate who had come back to New Haven to pursue a PhD after running a recording studio in Brooklyn, submitted a proposal for a joint venue and recording studio, with a cocktail lounge folded in separately. “My intention was to have the relationship between the musicians and the audience be as unmediated as possible,” he says. “At the famous jazz clubs in New York, it’s hard to have that experience because they’re trying to sell you drinks, you’re at this tiny table, you’ve been hustled in, you’re getting hustled out.” In the interest of community building, the city agreed to sell Lloyd the property on the condition that he and his wife live there for at least seven years after the renovation was complete. Overnight the proposal had to grow to include an apartment with a separate street entrance. It took six months of prep work in 2003 before the real transformation could begin. ? 7C@?EO E96 ƎCDE Ə@@C H2D A2CE:2==J 4FE away to pour sunlight into the basement— now a bar. On the second story, formerly a hayloft for the horses that hauled water in E96 52JD 367@C6 ƎC6 ECF4<DO 5C@A 46:=:?8D and plaster partitions were demolished, revealing giant trusses and creating a twobedroom apartment. To wash light across the residence, the architects devised a scoop of plywood that curves down from a row of clerestories. But the greatest challenge was creating

is able to stay open during shows. Inside the performance space, the Pete Malinverni Trio plays for a full house (above left). There’s no stage, no curtain, no waiters or tables covered in white linens—just stacking chairs, 75 to be exact. The staff

has to be able to flip the room back into a recording studio quickly after the concert. A screen of milled bent birch plywood conceals acoustical panels (above right). Like the undulating ceiling, the screen’s wave-like design helps refract sound.

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Opposite, clockwise from top left: The second-story loft, formerly home to owner Nick Lloyd and his wife, artist and professor Megan Craig, now provides a living area, a kitchen, and two bedrooms for traveling musicians. It’s accessible from a mezzanine. Drop ceilings were removed to uncover fir trusses. A specialist was hired to scrub layers of paint, plaster, and petroleum-based waterproof coating off the historic brickwork. This page: Clerestories, located on the roof deck near the prefab addition, fill the loft with light.

an acoustically isolated recording studio that could also be used for live shows. To limit the transmission of external sound and vibrations, Gray Organschi suspended E96 C@@>kD 46:=:?8 7C@> E96 FADE2:CD Ə@@C:?8 ;@:DED 3J DA64:2= 92?86CDN ED Ə@@C C6DED on acoustical pucks and a half-inch gap separates the walls from the adjacent rooms. Veteran acoustician John Storyk, who worked on Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios, mentored the architects, advising them against concave surfaces in favor of rippling ones that refract high-frequency sound. The result is an intensely intimate space that’s housed in a cocoon of curved birch, with a screen of milled bent plywood as the backdrop during concerts. Construction wrapped in 2005 and the ƎCDE ;2KK D6C:6D H2D 96=5 =2E6C E92E J62CN 06E Lloyd’s imagination continued to churn. In 2014, he approached his architect neighbors with a new request: a hostel for musicians, who sometimes travel from as far as Japan to record. By this time, Lloyd and his H:76 925 >@G65 @FE @7 E96:C D64@?5WƏ@@C loft, but more bedrooms would be required to house full bands. A rooftop addition was needed—something lightweight that could be installed easily atop the building’s unreinforced masonry shell. For the architects, the obvious candidate was cross-laminated timber (CLT), a structural wood panel system that they’d experimented with on a school nearby. Like masonry, CLT panels are exceptionally strong, but they can be built off-site and assembled quickly. “Wood is light and easily

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prefabricated,” Gray notes. It’s also a highly insulating material. And, because the panels are CNC-milled, their joints are airtight. Although CLT is more commonly used abroad, especially in Europe, the architects had a relationship with a manufacturer in (F6364O %@C5:4 *ECF4EFC6DO E96 ƎCDE #+W producing member of the American Wood Council. “We knew the guys really well,” Organschi says, “It was sort of like, ‘Hey, could you send us a bunch of panels?’” The company obliged, and in a matter of no time, cranes were hoisting precut pieces 7C6D9 @77 @7 Ə2E365D @?E@ E96 E@A @7 Firehouse 12. The 650-square-foot, threebedroom box took just 12 hours to install, followed by a six-month buildout that joined it with the loft via a sculptural wood staircase. The hostel began hosting musicians in early 2016. %@H E92E #=@J5 92D Ǝ?2==J 3C@<6? 36J@?5 the building’s envelope, it’s fair to wonder H96E96C 96k== 6G6C Ǝ?:D9 :C69@FD6 @C :7 he’s on some kind of mission to see how much he can squeeze out of the stalwart old structure. He himself insists the project is at last complete. As for the architects, they’re just pleased to see Lloyd and others pouring their creative energy into the com>F?:EJN j+96 ?6:893@C9@@5 92D C62==J improved because of small business owners—it’s more of a grassroots transformation rather than top down,” Organschi @3D6CG6DN C2J 255DO j E H@F=5?kE 92G6 366? hard for Nick to commit to a larger city. The fact that he decided to stake out ground here in New Haven feels like a gift.”

“The quickness with which CLT panels provide ñļĚƆĔÓÇ ŜſŇÇƩ¶ƙ ĚƆ ƆƙŇƩļÇing. It’s almost instant ûſ ƙĚñ¶ ƙĚŇļÂ ìſŇķ ¶ ſŜÓļter’s point of view.” Name: Bill Cremin Occupation: Co-owner, ABR Construction Inc. Connection: Cremin’s team of eight assembled the CLT panels in one day using standard wood screws.

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Brian W. Ferry

Argentina Intime A strategic renovation maximizes a small apartment in Buenos Aires.

A steel and glass structure wraps one end of the apartment, adding the illusion of greater space to the 720-square-foot home.

After living for four years in a small, dark apartment in the Palermo section of Buenos Aires, architect Hernán Landolfo and his girlfriend, Lucia Gentile, were looking for a new home where they could eventually start a family. They had rejected a number of options when they found an opportunity they couldn’t resist: an apartment on Melián Avenue in Belgrano R, a residential district characterized by British architecture, thanks to its proximity to the railways and train station, which

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were built mainly by English immigrants. “This neighborhood is a total anomaly in the city, a place that recalls another time,” says Hernán. “Melián is one of the few cobblestone avenues where there are still beautiful uncut Tipa trees. We were 9@A:?8 E@ Ǝ?5 D@>6E9:?8 96C6Nl There were drawbacks, however. At 720 square feet, the apartment was only about half again as large as their previous one, and it wasn’t much brighter. Located at the back of a 1960s building, it was

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A sleek version of the traditional parrilla, or grill, handcrafted by Oficios Asociados, has pride of place on the patio counter.

originally intended for the doorman. E 925 366? >@5:Ǝ65 4@F?E=6DD E:>6D 2?5 the layout was labyrinthine, with too many corners and small rooms. “The home was shuttered and in total darkness,” recalls 6C?Ď?N j+96 Ə@H H2D :?67Ǝ4:6?E 2?5 :E H2D 5:7Ǝ4F=E E@ D66 H92E H2D 8@:?8 @? around the house.” But the apartment’s relationship to its surroundings, the peacefulness, and the sense of privacy outweighed any doubts the 4@FA=6 925N j.96? H6 42>6 :? 7@C E96 ƎCDE time, we had two memorable moments,” D2JD 6C?Ď?N j+96 ƎCDE H2D H96? H6 D2H E96 Ə@H6C:?8 8C66? H2== @? E96 324< @7 E96 building that can be viewed from what

“When everything was demolished, the space was completely open, and we didn’t want to divide it. We found a freedom that we didn’t want to lose.” HERNÁN LANDOLFO, ARCHITECT

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space (above). In the living area (right), their dog, Rocknrol, hangs out on a suede Copenhagen sofa by Alejandro Sticotti for Net Muebles.

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Demolition exposed a high, woodbeamed ceiling, which added “cubic meters of air” to the apartment, says Hernán. The bedroom (left) is

furnished with custom pieces made of Paraiso wood. A box sheathed in the same material acts as a divider and holds the bathroom (below).

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Hernán Landolfo Buenos Aires, Argentina

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

is now our bedroom. The other was noticing the sense of calm and silence, two characteristics that are a luxury in a city like Buenos Aires.” Hernán also had ideas about how to make the apartment feel much larger than :E :D 2?5 E@ 8:G6 :E E96 Ə6I:3:=:EJ E@ 244@>modate the couple’s needs now and in the future. He began by tearing down all the :?E6C:@C H2==DO =62G:?8 2? @A6? Ə@@C A=2?N

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Another key to making the apartment feel dramatically bigger and brighter was to enclose the end of the kitchen in a steel and glass structure with a folding wall that opens to the patio. The glass serves as a smooth transition between indoor and outdoor living while bringing muchneeded sunlight to the interior. “The easiest way to project outward was by using glass,” Hernán says. “It allowed us to be

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A wood floor uncovered during demolition delineates the private quarters (above). On warm days, when the glass wall is open (above right), meals in the kitchen have an alfresco feel. The dining table is by Boulevard Furniture and the

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chairs are by Alejandro Sticotti for Net Muebles. Hernán and Lucia were captivated by the flowering wall across the courtyard; they continued the green theme on their patio (below). The cedar entry door (below left) was left untouched.

sheltered in the kitchen and at the same time it created a kind of greenhouse.” During demolition, Hernán discovered the home itself had something to say. “As we undressed the apartment, threw down the walls and the plaster ceiling, things started to appear,” he says. For example, E96J 7@F?5 2? @C:8:?2=O Ə2H=6DD H@@5 46:=ing that had been covered up for no apparent reason. Leaving it exposed added height and texture to the space. The same occurred with windows, walls, and the H@@5 Ə@@CN j&?6 @7 E96 DE2:C42D6 H2==D E92E was badly damaged during demolition ended up having such a strong character that we decided not only to keep it, but to enhance it with lights,” the architect says. Material choices divide the public and private areas of the apartment. The communal spaces share a continuous concrete Ə@@CO H9:=6 E96 H@@5 Ə@@C 56Ǝ?6D E96 private side. A sleek box separates the bedroom from the rest of the home. The seven-foot-tall volume, which is covered in Paraiso plywood, holds the bathroom. The bedroom lies behind it, furnished with simple handcrafted pieces, also made of Paraiso. j&FC 8@2= H2D E@ 492?86 @FC H2J @7 living and improve our quality of life,” Hernán says.

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Outside the Lines An interior designer persuades his mother to toss all her old furniture and start fresh.

Eleni Katsarou’s new Chicago apartment is an explosion of color. Graphic Fornasetti pillows rest on a pixelated-pink Carlton sectional by BoConcept next to cane back chairs upholstered in Quatrefoil fabric by Alexander Girard.

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Near the kitchen, a Moel chair by Inga Sempé for Ligne Roset joins a bar trolley, side table, and pouf from Crate and Barrel. A Yannis

Gaitis lithograph hangs on a wall of white oak plywood. Architect Mike Shively came up with the vertical strips to add texture.

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From the 33rd floor, the view of Lake Michigan is expansive. Linen curtains from The Shade Store filter sunlight. Extra lighting is provided

by LED ceiling lights, a Tatou F floor lamp by Patricia Urquiola, and a Copycat table lamp by Michael Anastassiades for Flos.

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An Alekos Fassianos lithograph and soft blue niches offset the wood paneling (above). An IC lamp by Michael Anastassiades hangs in the

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hallway. The bathroom’s hexagonal marble tiles are by Ann Sacks (right), and the fixture, mirror, and wall cabinet are all by Duravit.

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General contractor S Construction collaborated with Shively and Kokkino on the remodel. The colorful apartment pays homage to

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22 Loft Cause Jeff Jordan Architects jjarchs.com 22 Concrete kitchen island and countertops by Art in Construction artinconstruction.com; stove by Viking Range vikingrange. com; fridge by Samsung samsung.com 24 Rocking chair by Scott Jordan scottjordan.com; leather chair, vintage 52 Carolina Haiku Design by Michael Neiswander General contracting by Black Bear Construction blackbeargreen.com Structural engineering by Uzun + Case uzuncase.com 52 Wood-stump end tables by Urbia from AllModern allmodern.com; Eames Molded Rocker for Herman Miller hermanmiller.com; Twain storage basket from Room &

Board roomandboard.com; 16-H wood-burning stove by Stûv stuv.com 54 Windows by Jeld-Wen jeld-wen.com; range and hood by Bertazzoni bertazzoni.com; concrete countertops by Dex Industries dexindustries.com; barrel chair, vintage 58 Roofing from B&M Metals bmmetalroofing.com; Jardine daybed from West Elm westelm.com; Topanga round fire table from Restoration Hardware restorationhardware .com; swing by SwingLab swinglab.co 60 French T-Back Stools from Restoration Hardware restorationhardware.com; sliding door by Jeld-Wen jeld-wen.com; fencing by West Macon Welding 828-368-8072 62 Home Base Design Platform LLC designplatformllc.com

Anchor Engineering anchoreng.com 62 Bathtub by Victoria + Albert Baths vandabaths.com; showerhead by Hansgrohe hansgrohe-usa.com; Marmol Venatino Brushed Porcelain floor tile and H-Line Cotton Gloss wall and ceiling tile from Arizona Tile arizonatile.com 64 Chandelier made by architect Caroline Wilding using wires by Color Cord colorcord.com; Splash coat rack by Blu Dot bludot.com; sink by Signature Hardware signaturehardware.com; Luxe hexagonal tiles by Arizona Tile arizonatile.com 66 Cemento countertops by Silestone and Statuaro Select back splash by Galleria of Stone, all fabricated by Y K Stone ykstonecenter.com; Culina Semi-pro faucet by Blanco blanco-germany.com; walnut cabinets designed by Caroline Wilding and fabricated by Precision

Interiors precisioninteriors.com 68 Tablo Tables from Normann Copenhagen normann-copenhagen.com; GT Rocker and High Park chairs by Gus Modern gusmodern.com; rug by Safavieh safavieh.com; windows by Western Window Systems westernwindowsystems.com; ceiling light fixture fabricated by Nathan Warner of Warbach warbach.com 72 Site-Specific Design by Erin Moore floatwork.com General contracting by Dave Sharp 808-281-8675 Structural engineering by Mark Donofrio 541-514-6480 74 Steel and plywood table by FLOAT floatwork.com; chair from Curious Imports 808-242-8777 76 Cable rail by Feeney feeneyinc.com; Také chair by

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Snow Peak snowpeak.com; table by FLOAT floatwork .com; pot racks by IKEA ikea .com; sink by Kohler us.kohler .com; custom shelves by JAS Steel Fabricating 425-424-2107 78 Sailing on Land Stuart Tanner Architects stuarttannerarchitects.com.au Cordwell Lane Building cordwelllane.com.au Aldanmark Consulting Engineers aldanmark.com.au 78-79 LED wall light designed by Stuart Tanner and Cordwell Lane and fabricated by Cordwell Lane cordwelllane .com.au; 419 Flushline Series windows by Capral capral.com.au 80 New Zealand pine decking with Black Japan stain by Feast Watson feastwatson .com.au; Eames Rectangular Table and Molded Side Chairs by Charles and Ray Eames, vintage; GX pendant from ISM Objects ismobjects.com.au 82 1760 freestanding bathtub by Kado Lure from Reece reece.com.au; shower/bath mixer by Sussex Scala from Reece reece.com.au; Mosaic black vitrified tile from Rossetto Tiles rossettotiles.com.au 84 Axa 40 Above Counter Basin from Reece reece.com. au; fire pit designed by Stuart Tanner and Cordwell Lane and fabricated by Cordwell Lane cordwelllane.com.au 90 Sunny Afternoon Craig Steely Architecture craigsteely.com Forsythe General Contractors forsythegc.com Structural engineering by Optimal Design Group optimaldesigngroup.com Civil engineering by Lea and Braze leabraze.com Confidence Landscaping confidencelandscaping.com 90-91 Windows by Bonelli Windows and Doors bonelli.com 92-93 Broom chairs by Emeco emeco.net; kitchen cabinetry by Wayne Berger wayneberger@att.net

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94-95 Tufty-Time sofa by Patricia Urquiola for B&B Italia bebitalia.com/en; Bose 909 speakers, vintage 96-97 Hot tub by ALFI alfitrade.com 98 Back to Life Kitchen by Vipp vipp.com 100-101 Hockney sofa by Eero Koivisto for David Design daviddesign.se; floor and table lamps by Vipp vipp.com; Penta chairs by Kim Moltzer and Jean-Paul Barray, vintage; Snowball pendant by Poul Henningsen for Louis Poulsen louispoulsen.com; J46 chairs by Poul M Volther, vintage 102-103 Kitchen system by Vipp vipp.com; Swan chair by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen fritzhansen.com; side table by Vipp vipp.com

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104 Coming Home Pfau Long Architecture pfaulong.com General contracting by New Dimensions ndmarin.com Strandberg Engineering strandbergeng.com Kim Starr Landscape Design starpfau@comcast.net Casework and built-ins by Henrybuilt henrybuilt.com 104-105 Tripp Trapp chair by Stokke stokke.com; wood stools from AllModern allmodern.com; custom dining table by Shed healdsburgshed .com; counter stools by Xavier Pauchard for Tolix from Design Within Reach dwr.com; ceiling fan by Big Ass Fans bigassfans.com; pendants by Pelle pelledesigns.com 106-107 Windows by Ventana ventana-usa.com; sliding doors by Fleetwood Doors & Windows fleetwoodusa.net; Willow Balls from San Francisco Flower Mart sanfranciscoflowermart.com; Eames Lounge Chairs by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller hermanmiller .com; children’s work table by PlanToys plantoys.com 108-109 Playhouse and plantings by Ronald Gramajo gmlandscapingservices@ gmail.com 111 Weathered-steel planters by Ronald Gramajo gmlandscapingservices@ gmail.com; built-in desk and built-in bench designed by Henrybuilt henrybuilt.com

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120 Sound and Vision 128 Argentina Intime Gray Organschi Architecture grayorganschi.com General contracting, phase 1, by LoweCo General contracting, phase 2, by JIG Design Build teamjig.com ABR Construction 203-265-4744 Andrew Fowler 203-671-9122 Edward Stanley Engineers edwardstanleyengineers.com Jacobson Structures jacobsonstructures.com Cross-laminated timber panels by Nordic Structures nordic.ca Landscape design by Reed Hilderbrand reedhilderbrand.com SM Lighting Design 212-647-9821

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finishing touch

Prouvé, Collected

Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) opened his first workshop in Nancy, France, making wrought iron grilles and doors. Over the course of his life, he pursued design that addressed serious

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