Glass Bricks

In another part of the home, a library/den area is also warmly illuminated by a full-height, glass-block window.

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Inside, a sunny living area opens to the kitchen and features floor-to-ceiling glass block along one wall. Chris Evan's character can be seen sitting in front of this wall in several scenes.

Office guest room

Office/ Guest room

Looking down to the entryway

Entryway

Side view of downstairs door

Front with bridge, close up

Front with bridge

16-foot-long solid mahogany work station that is original to the home. Another glass-block window overlooks the yard.

The dining area looks out onto the views of the creek and marshland across the water.

The double-height living and dining area basks in natural light thanks to custom Hope’s steel windows, partially inset with 10-inch Corning glass blocks along one wall. Segal's renovation updated features such as the massive room divider, which was previously finished in a lighter, natural wood shade.

"The interior walls are covered in pine boards that offer a sense of coziness, warmth and a delicate feeling of home," Arango says.

The glass-block siding offsets the pine and floods the living areas with plenty of natural light.

Alastair Standing designed bedframes for the two lofted rooms, which were built with lights affixed to the bottom that shine down onto the ground floor.

The architects stacked a round mirror on top of a triangular one in the bathroom to devise a playful geometric display for the space.

In the evening, the yellow tone of the curtain bounces off of the glass-block wall and creates a warm glow for the apartment.