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This artistic contemporary home located on the west-side of Los Angeles is a USGBC LEED Silver, 5,351 square foot two-story home including 1,200 square foot basement. Photos by Latham Architectural.

Darren Eskandari
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A cedar brise soleil outside the primary bedroom.
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Mid-sized minimalist privacy and metal railing balcony photo in DC Metro with a roof extension

The two blue doors and block work are original to the house built in 1969 in Rancho Mirage, CA.
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Black Venetian Plaster With Custom Metal Brise Soleil and Ipe Planters. ©Arko Photo.
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Photo by Rowan Parris View of the dog trot and custom framed fireplace insert from the south elevation. The room on the other side of the dog trot is a guest cabin that the owner rents out as an AirBnB. It has a kitchenette and is 400 square feet.

Example of a mid-sized minimalist privacy and metal railing balcony design in DC Metro with a roof extension

Architect: Doug Brown, DBVW Architects / Photographer: Robert Brewster Photography
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Street view with flush garage door clad in charcoal-stained reclaimed wood. A cantilevered wood screen creates a private entrance by passing underneath the offset vertical aligned western red cedar timbers of the brise-soleil. The offset wood screen creates a path between the exterior walls of the house and the exterior planters (see next photo) which leads to a quiet pond at the top of the low-rise concrete steps and eventually the entry door to the residence: A vertical courtyard / garden buffer. The wood screen creates privacy from the interior to the street while also softening the strong, afternoon direct natural light to the entry, kitchen, living room, bathroom and study.

An American black walnut island with Fyrn counter stools separate the kitchen and living room over a black, irregular-shaped flagstone floor. An assemblage of textures and raw materials, the dark-hued, minimalist layout for the kitchen opens to living room with panoramic views of the canyon (behind the viewer). We dropped the kitchen ceiling to be lower than the living room by 24 inches. There is a roof garden of meadow grasses and agave above the kitchen which thermally insulate cooling the kitchen space. Wood siding of the exterior wraps into the house at the south end of the kitchen concealing a pantry and panel-ready column, FIsher&Paykel refrigerator and freezer as well as a coffee bar. Soapstone counter top, backsplash and shelf/window sill, Brizo faucet with Farrow & Ball "Pitch Black" painted cabinets complete the edges. The smooth stucco of the exterior walls and roof overhang wraps inside to the ceiling passing the wide screen windows facing the street. Fisher&Paykel wall oven over a steam oven at right. Delta Light fixtures were used throughout for their discreet beauty yet highly functional settings.

Example of a mid-sized minimalist privacy and metal railing balcony design in DC Metro with a roof extension

Photo: Elizabeth Felicella
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Water garden at top of steps outside of the entrance door to the residence (to the left). A bubbler in the pond dulls the street noise inside. The water garden - with papyrus, duck weed, water lillies, snails and small fish - sits atop of the concrete steps and is part of a private entrance created by western red cedar and black steel skeleton of of the brise-soleil wood screen.

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Jason Taylor
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Master bath terrace, shaded by a parota brise-soleil, has a travertine Jacuzzi lined in blue mosaic tiles; the side table is by Tucker Robbins, and the lanterns are by Casamidy.