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Kyoto or the scissor-like sequence of boards at Koraku-en Garden in Okayama. These narrow gangways set over water overlap as they shift to the side, and continue to deviate back …
BIG-SKY LIVING At least summer days seem to last forever. “It’s not unusual for us to be on the lake until ten o’clock at night,” says Linda, adding that a …
Another master of the art of motion, Carlo Scarpa, enlarged at length on the art and mystery of kinetic decorating, beginning with the exquisitely detailed shutter system of the Aula …
SMALL DONE RIGHT The project held great appeal for Lisa Botticelli. “It’s rare that you get to do a little building like this for owners interested in doing it well, …
I love cottages. I love them for their modesty, charming imperfections, and whimsy. I love them for their raucous gardens, painted furniture, embroidered linens, and porch swings. To me, cottages …
The Innumerable Benefits of Feng Shui Home Design When you use Feng Shui Home Design, you would find that the benefits you would obtain would fascinate you! But, as a …
PAGES FROM TIME Soon after the original cabin was built in 1958, Cal Mork started a tradition a visitors’journal, aptly named the “Guest Log. Highlighting family and friends’ antics, it …
The stair also illuminates the critical role played by decorating as a catalyst to spark our choices, precipitating human events. We cannot truly act in a vacuum, but only in …
Floor plan. This plan shows how the dwelling space was distributed after the remodelling. The spaces are big and flexible. The laminated-wood sliding doors are adapted to the width of …
It is surprising that so few Japanese architects have attempted to translate these mobile powers inherited from the past into a language suited to current materials, technologies and tastes. One …