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Light-filled California Home
The New York Times Magazine 6.15.08

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This angular home, perched on a hilltop in Southern California, was designed by architect Tom Kundig to take advantage of its unique position and embrace the indoor-outdoor life. Pilar Viladas of The New York Times explains the purposes of the many industrial materials like the concrete floors, perforated metal screens and the steel roof — which is able to collect rain water, funnel wind and breezes and protect the home from the sun with its deep eaves...

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See the article, Angle of Repose and all the pictures in the slideshow, at The New York Times.

(Pics: Nikolas Koenig)

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