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This Clever Twist On an A-Frame Cabin? It Started in a Classroom
This Clever Twist On an A-Frame Cabin? It Started in a Classroom
Students in a design-build program led by architect Peter Braithwaite envisioned the retreat—and then picked up power tools to help bring it to life.
By Elizabeth Sweet
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They invite creatives to stay and work at the 1950s homestead structure, which they restored piece by piece with objects gifted, thrifted, and found.
The Case Against Glass Houses
The transparent box is the ideal of modern living, but hardly ideal for modern living.
Three Sisters (and Their Families) Share This Prefab Beach House
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Granddaughter Designed This $1.2M Colorado Home
Elizabeth Wright Ingraham channeled her grandfather’s vision as she incorporated built-ins, natural materials, an open floor plan, and views of Pikes Peak.

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