High gloss white cabinetry
Mid-sized minimalist kitchen photo in Orange County

The apartment occupies the third floor of a prominent corner property originally constructed in 1860. The building was formerly two neighbouring town houses, reconfigured in 1939 as a residential school for girls. In 1968, the State of Kuwait purchased the property which became their London Embassy until 2000 at which time the two houses were converted into 13 flats. Amos Goldreich Architecture was appointed as lead architects to create a contemporary 3 bedroom home within this Grade II Listed Building. AGA has sought to rationalise the formerly over-complex configuration, clarifying spatial sequences and creating a coherent visual palette. The apartment is finished to a high standard, with bespoke joinery and ingenious storage solutions.

Custom Cabinetry by Homestead Cabinet and Furniture Designer: Daniel Schaefer Wood Species: Calico Hickory Finish: Natural with Horizontal Sequencing Door Style: Flat Panel Photography: Joe Kusumoto Countertop Details: Cambria Torquay

This client went with the Finsa product line, color selection of Pino Sacramento. We provided a sequenced look by running the grain horizontally thru out the cabinets giving a continuous flow. We also provided undermount lighting and interior lighting. They choose a beautiful Blue Pearl for their counter top with a single stainless sink. We also converted their wire shelf drywall pantry that was not being utilized no where near it’s potential. We removed the wire shelves and built 2 pantries that we slid into the opening. We divided the pantries between shelves and big usable drawers on the bottom. We then made a nice molding to go around it for a nice finished look.

Concrete counter top island with adjacent breakfast bar
Open concept kitchen - small craftsman u-shaped concrete floor open concept kitchen idea in Portland with a farmhouse sink, shaker cabinets, light wood cabinets, concrete countertops, gray backsplash, stone tile backsplash, stainless steel appliances and an island

This enclave on 73rd Street is one of Manhattan’s undiscovered gems, with pre-war buildings on each side creating a Romanesque streetscape. The interiors on the other hand have very minimal detailing. Our client purchased a studio and a two bedroom apartment, which we combined into a formal sequence of spaces. We worked closely with them to develop an open axial plan, with ease of flow for elegant entertaining. The intersection of the two apartments occurs at what is now the dining room, the center of the house. We re-centered the asymmetrical beam locations which gave us the opportunity to install dramatic spot lighting. The apartment has views north and courtyard exposures so we bathed it in saturated colors incorporating venetian plaster and combed painted finishes. ‘ALL PHOTOS BY ETHELIND COBLIN ARCHITECT. P.C.’

A long, graceful approach and stone-clad retaining wall leads to a grand entry, setting the tone for this elegant modern residence. Large oak windows and high ceilings frame stunning views. The home’s generous floor plan and contemporary details include floating ceilings and custom stonework. Fine finish plaster walls provide a backdrop for a sequence of art display areas intermixed with other spaces. The indoor/outdoor relationships are with you at all times.

This Hamptons estate lighting project was designed to elevate both the architecture and the surrounding landscape through a fully integrated outdoor lighting plan. Every element—from the entry gate to the front façade and garden pathways—was strategically illuminated to create a cohesive, layered nighttime experience. Warm, low-voltage lighting highlights key architectural features of the home while guiding movement through the property with subtle pathway and driveway illumination. Uplighting was used to accent specimen trees and structured plantings, adding depth and dimension without overpowering the space. The front entry sequence was designed to feel inviting and balanced, with lighting reinforcing symmetry and enhancing curb appeal. The

Entrance Transition Spaces The outdoor space between the street and the front door is the start of the entrance to your home. This sequence of spaces differentiates between public and private areas. The street is the start of an intimacy gradient that extends to your front door and into your home. This transition from the street to the inside of your home should be a tranquil experience, slowing you down after experiencing automobile traffic on the interstate highway and the challenges of the day. Creating an entrance transition from the street to the front door and inside your house can create a space with a feeling of calm. Having your front door open directly to the street, you overlook the opportunity to create a graceful arrival to your home. The experience of entering your home and passing through an outdoor room between the street and the front door influences the way you feel once inside. If the transition is too abrupt, there is no feeling of arrival and once inside the quality of an intimate privacy doesn’t exist. The important thing is that an actual physical outdoor space exists between the street and the front door. The essential quality of creating this place is defining the space and to create a sense of enclosure, with a change in surroundings and view, while emphasizing a variation in the light, sound, path direction and surface texture. Below are some considerations you may want to think about in the design phase of the project: • Define a space or path extending from the street to the front door. Think about the transition as an actual space or outdoor room rather than just going from point “A” to “B”. Create a sense of enclosure with a gate or garden wall. • As this space is shaped, think about changes in level and direction in the walking surface at points of significance. • Activate all the senses as you pass through this outdoor entrance room. Create calming sounds with chimes or water. Introduce smells with fragrant flowers and bushes. Provide a Zen view at a change in direction or stopping point on the path. Vary the amount of light with a trellis. Change the texture and size of the paths surface material. • Change the scale of the path. Create a space at the street and just outside the front door for greeting or saying goodbye to guests. Create a space in the middle of the path as a point of reflection while looking towards a Zen view. If done well, the outdoor entrance room you created between the front door and the street will feel comfortable arriving and leaving. This will be a remarkable addition to your home. Photo credit: Bill Sanders

Two full bathroom remodels completed back to back in the same home — sequenced deliberately so the homeowner could stay comfortable and keep living in the house throughout the entire project. No displacement, no hotels, just smart scheduling and clean jobsite management. Both bathrooms were taken down to the studs and rebuilt with a modern look and fully upgraded features — walk-in showers, heated floors, heated towel bars, and all new fixtures, tile, and finishes throughout. The kind of transformation where nothing from before carries over except the walls.

The 5,000 square foot private residence is located in the community of Horseshoe Bay, above the shores of Lake LBJ, and responds to the Texas Hill Country vernacular prescribed by the community: shallow metal roofs, regional materials, sensitive scale massing and water-wise landscaping. The house opens to the scenic north and north-west views and fractures and shifts in order to keep significant oak, mesquite, elm, cedar and persimmon trees, in the process creating lush private patios and limestone terraces. The Owners desired an accessible residence built for flexibility as they age. This led to a single level home, and the challenge to nestle the step-less house into the sloping landscape. Full height glazing opens the house to the very beautiful arid landscape, while porches and overhangs protect interior spaces from the harsh Texas sun. Expansive walls of industrial insulated glazing panels allow soft modulated light to penetrate the interior while providing visual privacy. An integral lap pool with adjacent low fenestration reflects dappled light deep into the house. Chaste stained concrete floors and blackened steel focal elements contrast with islands of mesquite flooring, cherry casework and fir ceilings. Selective areas of exposed limestone walls, some incorporating salvaged timber lintels, and cor-ten steel components further the contrast within the uncomplicated framework. The Owner’s object and art collection is incorporated into the residence’s sequence of connecting galleries creating a choreography of passage that alternates between the lucid expression of simple ranch house architecture and the rich accumulation of their heritage. The general contractor for the project is local custom homebuilder Dauphine Homes. Structural Engineering is provided by Structures Inc. of Austin, Texas, and Landscape Architecture is provided by Prado Design LLC in conjunction with Jill Nokes, also of Austin. Cecil Baker + Partners Photography

SDH Studio - Architecture and Design Location: Golden Beach, Florida, USA The Architecture is conceived as an ensemble of vertical and horizontal planes that guide the user through a sequence of spatial and visual experiences. Our clients’ passion for the outdoors is embedded in the entire project. Also, the use of color is an important feature that highlights certain accents along the design.

No greater compliment of a material is possible than when stone is selected for a historic property renovation within a home rich in tradition and with a celebrated past. This new feature stair addition to a private residence in Toronto, Canada, has an equally compelling story to tell. Originally envisioned as a wall-supported, cantilevered stone stair, the owner boldly accepted a unique solution for their showpiece element. The 19-tread stair would be designed with 550 lb. solid stone treads, and fully liberated from traditional supports and the adjacent rubble wall. To say, “it would float” is not an exaggeration. The stair would be designed as a monolithic beam spanning 16.5 feet, 10 feet high and 41 inches wide. Aesthetically bold, with a reduced tone from pure black, the basalt stone was the perfect contrast for the white modern interior of the home. The 3-1/2" tension cables played the most important role by resisting the large bending moment generated by the stone load and stair geometry. Fabrication required precise coordination and care to ensure perfect alignment of the interlocking key, and the corresponding cable holes. The fabrication challenge was achieving the highest level of accuracy in notching, coring, and replicating each tread identically. Expert precision and skill were key to nesting each tread in sequence and simultaneously with the strands. Meticulous alignment and exacting tolerance assured the true performance and aesthetics were delivered. Hydraulic post-tensioning pulled each cable to 120 kiloNewtons or 27,000 lbs, infusing strength and structural integrity. Removing the temporary support and testing was the last critical step—it was the first time the stone stair would be self-supporting. The “floating” stair is an ultimate achievement and example of innovation, material strength, fabrication quality, installation precision, and expert coordination. A perfect final chapter to a historical journey and modern ode to stone as structure.

The Pool Box sites a small secondary residence and pool alongside an existing residence, set in a rolling Hill Country community. The project includes design for the structure, pool, and landscape - combined into a sequence of spaces of soft native planting, painted Texas daylight, and timeless materials. A careful entry carries one from a quiet landscape, stepping down into an entertainment room. Large glass doors open into a sculptural pool.

This Spanish Revival takes its place among the graceful and genteel tradition of Santa Barbara architecture. Located in a secreted area of Montecito, the house is tucked amidst a wooded glen along a riparian creek bed. Carefully sited at the top of a rolling green, the building provides a strong form in the natural landscape. With its reference to historical precedent, the house is both undeniably familiar and tangibly rich. Site sensitivity and pure spatial relationships combine in new ways, showing that what’s old can be new again. An entry courtyard concealed behind a pair of wooden doors of Moorish design begins the entry sequence. The courtyard, wrapped around an existing mature oak tree, creates an outdoor room, which establishes an interplay between interior and exterior spaces, a theme that recurs throughout the house. An exercise in scale and proportion, the 5,000-square-foot residence is imbued with classic detail and richness found in the Spanish Colonial architecture characteristic of George Washington Smith and others. Interior spaces are created through pure and varied geometric volumes, and are elaborated by opened beamed ceilings, groin vaults and Moorish arches.

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Example of a huge classic gray three-story mixed siding gable roof design in Boston

- YURA SOFA. Frame in beech wood with elastic bands covered in high density polyurethane foam. Seat and backrest cushions in sterilized goose down, with insert in multi-thickness polyurethane foam. Wood base with the same covering as the sofa. Armrests are completely covered, or they can have a utility shelf in metal coordinated with the ring located at the base of the frame. 121''1/4 W x 43''3/8D x 28''3/8H. Other width: 85’’7/8. Armrest height:26’’3/8. Seat height:16’’1/2. http://ow.ly/3yC7Dw - MANFRED CONSOLE. Small table with base formed from ground laser-cut metal with a curved Sequence decoration. Structure finish: bright light gold, Champagne matt gold, bright chrome, bright black chrome, matt satined bronze. Top finish: bronze or smoky mirror with bevel, frosted bronze or smoky mirror with bevel, painted black crystal with bevel. Marble with bevel: Blue Jeans marble, Elegant Brown Marble, Shale Rosewood Marble, Silver Wave marble, Port Black marble, Frappuccino marble, Calacatta Gold marble, Emperador Dark marble. honey onyx. 27''5/8W x 15''3/4D x 19''1/4H. Other height: 24’’3/4. Ø15''3/4 x 19’’1/4. Other height: 24’’3/4. 63''W x 31''1/2D x 13''3/4H. 59''W x 15''3/4D x 36''5/8H. http://ow.ly/3yC7HT - LAYER COFFEE TABLE. Frame finish: bright light gold, Champagne matt gold, bright chrome, bright black chrome, matt satined bronze. Top finish: bronze or smoky mirror, Blue Jeans marble, Elegant Brown Marble, Shale Rosewood Marble, Silver Wave marble, Port Black marble, Frappuccino marble, Calacatta Gold marble, Emperador Dark marble. honey onyx (on request). Base: glossy ebony, glossy Canaletto Walnut, upholstered in leathers from the catalogue. Columns finished like the structure or covered in leather. 51''1/8W x 51''1/8D x 13''3/4H. 23''5/8W x 17''3/4D x 17''3/4H. 55''1/8W x 31''1/2D x 13''3/4H. 59''W x 15''3/4D x 25''5/8H. http://ow.ly/3yC6Ap - GORDON SIDEBOARD 02. Living room cabinet covered in leather from the catalogue. Internal finish in dark stained zebrano wood. 102''3/8W x 23''5/8D x 38''1/8H. 98''3/8W x 23''5/8D x 22’’H. http://ow.ly/3yC7Ky - BAG SIDE TABLES. Side tables with central frame and columns in turned metal in the finishes: Frame and shelf finishes: bright light gold, bright chrome, bright black chrome, matte satin bronze. The base has a wood and metal frame covered in high density polyurethane foam. Leather and fabric upholstery of the base is not removable. Available with capitoneè tufted upholstery, with plain coloured buttons or Swarovski crystal buttons, or with radiating folds around the circumference. Top surface finish: Hand Engraved Cast Brass, Matte Ebony, Matte Canaletto Walnut, Shale Rosewood Marble, Portoro Marble, Calacatta Gold Marble, Frappuccino Marble, Port Black Marble, Emperador Dark Marble, Silver Wave Marble. D. 15''3/4 x 17''3/4H. D. 19''5/8 x 17''3/4H. Other height: 21’’5/8. http://ow.ly/3yvETk - GODWIN CACHEPOT. Cachepot for potted plants and flowers. Fiberglass structure covered in leather or fabric from the catalogue. Metal base and top in the finishes: bright light gold, Champagne matt gold, bright chrome, bright black chrome, matt satined bronze. Ø15''3/4 x 22’’. Other height:33’’7/8. http://ow.ly/3yC5V5

This house was a very small mid-century bungalow with previous additions that resulted in a large but chaotic layout. The owners wanted to convert the house to a super-efficient, and charming Craftsman-style, 6 bedroom home for their large family and work at home. We achieved the space needs by moving a few walls for a more efficient, organized layout, setting up spaces for overlapping uses, and making a small upstairs addition. Every bit of square footage was optimized to meet the goals of the project without making the house huge or adding unnecessary cost. Much thought was given to the entry sequence near the front door. A large flow-through mudroom with storage for each family member, and adjacent laundry, make it easy for children to be taught to keep their things organized and to contribute to household chores. A mail station and central home admin area at the mudroom help keep clutter down at other areas and minimize home management tasks. A garage door near the kitchen gives quick access to bulk items. The existing house had too much view to the street from the living room through large corner windows, and too little entry transition, to the extent that the family did not feel comfortable using the living room much without shades drawn. We raised the window sills and brought the new windows in from the corner of the house, allowing plenty of light while protecting privacy and a sense of enclosure in the living room. We enlarged the front porch to create a more graceful transition from the public to private space. We located the front door so that the circulation from entry into the house would allow for furnishing the living room with a sitting circle that is not intruded upon by people walking through the room. Sight lines through the living spaces were an important consideration in the design. The owners wanted discreet spaces for living room, kitchen, dining and family room, but also wanted the living spaces to feel connected and to be able to easily watch their children. Being able to see the children playing in the yard while getting things done inside the house was also important. While largely working with the existing structure, we opened walls and rearranged the use of spaces to make a series of connected living spaces with long views through them. The character of the remodeled house is a contemporary Craftsman with classic materials and cool, consistent colors. A few arches echo through the house to frame spaces and soften the feeling of the rooms. Photography: Kurt Manley https://saikleyarchitects.com/portfolio/bungalow-expansion/

The master bedroom for this home overlooks a koi pond which is part of the entry sequence. A cast in place concrete wall acts as a headboard for the bed in this space. Exterior mounted sliding glass doors have the ability to expose the corner of the space to the view of Camelback Mountain, a local Phoenix landmark. Bill Timmerman - Timmerman Photography