These Eight Sun-Drenched Homes Make Space for Indoor/Outdoor Living
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It’s impressive what a designer can do with a home interior to create a space that’s warm, welcoming, and mood-boosting—but without that right hit of daylighting, even the most stunning architectural project can feel dismal.
Whether framing a mountain view or swinging open to connect the living room to a breezy patio, windows are an essential design tool for creating happier, healthier spaces. And modern windows and glass doors are larger, stronger, and more energy-efficient than ever. Read on for eight inspiring residential projects that make space for bringing the outdoors in.
An Inviting Prefab Home in Martha’s Vineyard Is Flooded With Light
Inside this seaside Martha’s Vineyard home, an open layout draws in light and connects large gathering spaces with the double-height kitchen at the center. Windows in every direction from the Marvin Ultimate product line frame views of the landscape, further connecting the living spaces to nature.
Captivated by the site’s native oak, elm, and boxelder trees, Peterssen/Keller Architecture designed this Fargo, North Dakota, residence to draw the eye outward, with broad interior spaces and a generous display of Marvin windows and doors along the rear facade.
The great room of this Minneapolis home features 12-foot ceilings and expansive windows overlooking Baker Park Reserve. Throughout the home, builders Swanson Homes used a simple material palette of stone and wood to contrast with bold matte black finishes (including the streamlined Marvin window frames in Designer Black).
For this Long Island project, architect John Patrick Winberry rotated the back of the home ninety degrees, designing the main living spaces around an L-shaped corner. This allowed the building to follow the path of the sun and "interact with the interior," as Winbury puts it, through an abundance of carefully placed Marvin windows.
To take advantage of Palm Springs’ balmy climate, the homeowners designed their 2,110-square-foot house to embrace an indoor/outdoor lifestyle. Case in point: the "living platform" daybed that sits next to expansive lift-and-slide pocket doors by Marvin.
This Canadian residence, designed for a family of musicians, is centered around a 34-foot-tall light well, which floods the home with warm natural light. In the summer, this area is transformed into a heat chimney by drawing warm air up to the operable skylight. Cooler air flows in through the glazed Marvin Elevate® windows at the garden level, blending beauty and sustainability.
A cozy white-oak window bench sits beneath an impressive Marvin corner window, overlooking beautiful southwest vistas. It’s the perfect spot for a creative couple to find inspiration away from the bustle of New York. This southern vantage point, and the window nook in particular, was a cornerstone of the home’s design and orientation.
For this vacation home in Atlantic Canada, Acre Architects carefully studied each window opening in model form, testing the light quality and making adjustments as needed. At the rear façade, customized Marvin Special Shapes gave them the freedom to create the stunning showcase of symmetric gabled glass. Instead of a slick curtain wall, Acre chose multiple glass panes with visible mullions to add coziness and maintain the scale and feel of a cottage.
Learn more about making space for what matters at marvin.com/makespace.
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