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INSPIRED MODERN HOMES
BELOW: On my first visit to the site of Flow House, situated at the western edge of California's Central Valley, I was awestruck by the
immense scale of the view down and across the valley. The feeling of flowing, and endless open space became the primary theme in
the house's design. This 2,600 square-foot rural house was built for a professional couple with two grown children. The north façade
engages the landscape through a series of folded vertical planes whose angles emphasize different views from both floors. Thirty-
foot walls of windows connect the house interior to the exterior fields and sky, and the building materials work in harmony with the
surrounding terrain.
Photographs by Luke Ogrydziak and Tom Bonner
