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“This veranda space can be used in different ways in response to the weather conditions,” Williamson says. “Either as a breezeway with the glazed bifold doors open, or as a conservatory or sunroom with the doors closed. This flexibility means the owners can always find a pleasant place to relax and enjoy the outdoors.
designed a custom retractable shade structure that riffed on something he’d seen at the Parker hotel in Palm Springs, California, and on various awnings in Northern California’s wine country. The shade fabric slides along steel cables. When Krefman or McFarland want to open one side or the whole thing, they use a kind of cane to reach up and slide the fabric across. Magnets on the end snap the fabric in place when it’s fully opened. “I wanted to avoid a giant umbrella pole,” Krefman says. “This really freed up floor space and allows us to manage what gets sun and what doesn’t.”
Here, the master bedroom’s window drops to become a balustrade, allowing gentle summer ocean breezes to enter.
exploiting the weight and solidity of stone through arches and narrow openings. Here we see the gable end at the corner of 18th and Prairie, marking the completion of the house.
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