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There is a romantic element to an outdoor room -- the fresh air and the cool breezes add to a certain mystique. Unfortunately, the things that make an outdoor room romantic can also make it annoying -- fresh air can turn to cold air, cool breezes to harsh wind.
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When Brad Cruickshank, Cruickshank Inc., designed a large addition for this Dutch colonial in Atlanta, the new space was to include a family room, office, guest bedroom, and garage.
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When clients approached Andy Fusia about building a second garage on their home to house their motorcycles, the owner of Aurora Home Improvement in Cumming, Ga., saw an opportunity.
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Architect Rebecca Schnier, Oakland, Calif., likes to fit good design into every part of a house, and the top of the stairs is no exception. In this remodel of a California home, she designed a cantilevered shelf of thick, clear glass that shoots out over the redesigned stairway.
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Half the work of laundry is getting the clothes to and from the laundry room. Architect Holly Cratsley of Nashawtuc Architects, Concord, and contractor Douglas Bellow of Gilman, Guidelli and Company, Somerville, Mass., designed and built a solution that makes doing the laundry a breeze.The laundry...
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The Problem: Design and build an outdoor entertaining space that offers summer comfort in the south Texas heat. The Solution: A canopy that "floats" above the existing roof of the clients' home and therefore allows cooling breezes to enter, but also forms a shelter for entertaining. Project...
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Condemned and scheduled to be demolished by the city of St. Paul, Minn., this house had just a few days to live. Square columns to match those on either side of the house, a round bump out in front, and hefty balusters above create a Classical Revival porch for this once-condemned St. Paul...
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A basic understanding of design can go a long way toward providing solutions.