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ABOVE & RIGHT: We wanted to engage the outdoors f rom the interior, so we designed
this house to constantly interact with its site and the weather. The patio is a seamless
extension of the dining room and flanked with glass to the floor for extreme viewing
angles into the landscape. Standing at the kitchen sink, you become engaged with
the landscape and scenery around the house. The deep patio roof helps open the
grand kitchen sink window, even in a heavy downpour, which reinforces the air and
the sound of the rain and gives the feeling of being outside. Allowing for tons of
natural light, the patio roof has minimal impact on your view out of the space.
FACING PAGE: Glass was an important material in the main body of the house, which
has a sloped ceiling starting at 12 feet and increasing to 16. This was ideal for a band of
clerestory windows to maximize natural light. Full-height glass that runs all the way to
the floor of the living room corner provides an uninterrupted view down to an existing
meadow on the property.
Photographs by Marie-Dominique Verdier
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